LAHORE
\nPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry has asserted that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was \u2018pressurising\u2019 judiciary to stop the elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) from happening within the constitutional time frame of 90 days.
\nTalking to journalists, the former information minister said that PML-N senior vice president Maryam Nawaz was leading a campaign against \u2018judiciary\u2019 as the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan has taken a suo motu notice of delay in Punjab and KP elections.
\n\u201cThe PDM [Pakistan Democratic Movement] government was targeting the judges vigorously,\u201d Fawad Chaudhry said, noting that they cannot hide their \u2018incompetence\u2019 by \u2018insulting\u2019 others.
\nReferring to government\u2019s reservation of the SC bench \u2013 hearing the suo motu notice, Fawad said that the bench also includes five judges who suspended the ruling of the then-deputy speaker National Assembly Qasim Suri.
\n\u201cThe incumbent rulers came into power after Qasim Suri\u2019s ruling was suspended,\u201d he said, adding that the PTI accepted the SC\u2019s verdict and did not confront the judiciary. He pointed out that a case was registered against former premier and PTI Chairman Imran Khan after the latter demanded legal action against the torture of Shahbaz Gill. \u201cDespite the registration of case, we did not target the judiciary,\u201d he added.
\n\u201cCurrently, the judiciary is facing blackmailer mafias,\u201d Fawad said, adding that \u2018fake and edited\u2019 audios of important personality were released to blackmail him. He urged Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) to stand by the Constitution, saying that his party will not allow blackmailing and pressuring of judges.
\nReferring to the Jail Bharo Tehreek, the PTI leader said that party leaders were shifted to remote areas after they court arrest. \u201cMedicines are not being delivered to Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Asad Umar even after 48 hours\u201d, he claimed.
\nA day earlier, PML-N Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz during her speech at the PML-N workers\u2019 convention in Sargodha alleged that the \u2018group of five\u2019 includes sitting and former Supreme Court judges and the former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief, Lt Gen (Retd) Faiz Hameed for the country\u2019s current woes.
\nShe, while addressing the convention, asked PM Shehbaz Sharif not to worry about the remnants of Faiz Hameed and held them accountable. She also termed Lahore CCPO Ghulam Muhammad Dogar an associate of Imran Khan.
\nThe PML-N leader further said that the \u201ccabal of five\u201d created political instability, which triggered an economic crisis leading to skyrocketing inflation in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry has asserted that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was \u2018pressurising\u2019 judiciary to stop the elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) from happening within the constitutional time frame of 90 days. Talking to journalists, the former information minister said that PML-N senior vice president Maryam Nawaz was leading a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[261],"class_list":{"0":"post-315818","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news","8":"tag-fawad-chaudhry"},"yoast_head":"\n