Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal Monday said Pakistan\u2019s current economic situation could not afford any new political crisis, therefore the genuine demand for formation of a full bench of the Supreme Court to hear the case of Chief Minister Punjab should be accepted.<\/p>\n
Addressing a press conference here outside the Supreme Court, the minister said the incumbent federal government was taking the economy out of crisis towards stability but \u201cif more political crisis are created, our efforts would go in vain and the country\u2019s economy might be in deep trouble\u201d.<\/p>\n
He said the dual standards of justice should be stopped against them adding, \u201cwe were jailed for months and years on the basis of false cases but the PTI leaders were given free hand\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf any of the PTI leader is jailed, he\/she is released within 24 hours, similarly our name has been in the Exit Control List (ECL) for over three years but the names of PTI leaders in the ECL is removed within 48 hours,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Ahsan Iqbal said Imran Khan and his party leaders repeatedly gave statements against the institutions and the country\u2019s judiciary but nobody takes notice.<\/p>\n
For seven months, he said, former Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar did not act upon the Court\u2019s order but no one was there to send him any notice.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith due respect we are asking that why the country\u2019s laws apply only to us and not to Imran Khan and his party,\u201d he said adding, \u201cwe do not want judiciary to become a party with the political disputes of the country\u201d.<\/p>\n
Therefore, he said, the whole nation is demanding that the full court bench should be formed to hear the case to avoid any new dispute.
\nThe minister said the honorable Supreme Court should hear such a sensitive case with full bench because at this level, after the decision, the chief minister would not have the option to go for appeal.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to see judiciary strong and we want to save the judiciary\u2019s honor\u201d, he said adding that Imran Khan was out to sabotage the judiciary\u2019s honor only for his political gains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal Monday said Pakistan\u2019s current economic situation could not afford any new political crisis, therefore the genuine demand for formation of a full bench of the Supreme Court to hear the case of Chief Minister Punjab should be accepted. Addressing a press conference here outside the Supreme […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-273412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n