LAHORE :Federal Minister for Law Azam Nazeer Tarar on Tuesday said the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) believed in the supremacy of law and the constitution and wanted transparency in all matters as it was utmost necessary for ensuring rule of law in the country.<\/p>\n
Addressing a press conference flanked by SAPM Malik Ahmed Khan here, he said that peoples\u2019 confidence in the national institutions could be ensured through transparency.<\/p>\n
Parliament being the legislature and supreme institution of the country, was mandated to make legislation as per the constitution, he said and added that Practice and Procedure Act was passed by the upper and
\nlower houses of the Parliament by using its constitutional right, however a ruling was given to stop the act before its imposition.<\/p>\n
He said the Parliament and the political fora were the right place to discuss political matters. In the past, courts have tried to avoid questions being raised on political matters, Tarar said, adding when
\npolitical matters were taken to court, it only harmed the country and the nation.<\/p>\n
Tarar said that an audio leak between former chief justice Saqib Nisar and the PTI lawyer Khawaja Tariq Rahim had raised questions as various political matters and cases which were in the courts had been
\ndiscussed in the audio tape.<\/p>\n
The conversation in the audio leak was aimed to create rifts among the institutions and to further deepen the prevailing crisis, he alleged. The country was passing through a tough situation, whereas, the audio leak was referring to further intensify it.<\/p>\n
Matters pertaining to future were discussed in the call, he said adding that the perception regarding ousting of prime minister of elected PML-N government in 2016-17 was getting strengthened that it
\nwas pre-planned.<\/p>\n
SAPM Malik Ahmed Khan said that interpretation of the constitution was a right and duty of the courts,
\nhowever, they could not rewrite the constitution. He said various powers were abundantly misused
\nin the courts including the suo moto powers particularly in political matters.<\/p>\n
He said the PML-N was never afraid of going into elections, however, it wanted a level playing field
\nfor everyone so that no one could raise questions over the conduct of elections and their transparency.
\nHe said, a ruling was given for conducting elections in the Punjab province in 90 days, whereas,
\nthe matter of elections in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was set aside.<\/p>\n
The SAPM said that conspiracies were being hatched against the PML-N government from the day one.
\nThere should prevail sanity and political discourse in the country to take the things forward as the
\nparliament was a supreme institution, he added.<\/p>\n
To a question, Federal Minister Azam Nazeer said that some elements wanted to see the
\ngovernment in contempt of court, but the government did nothing which come into the purview
\nof contempt of court.<\/p>\n
To another query regarding audio leak, he said that it was an era of information technology
\nand anything could come out as it was not a matter of Pakistan only and it happened everywhere
\nin the world.<\/p>\n
Malik Ahmed Khan said while responding to a question, under the article 18 of the constitution,
\nit was the responsibility of Election Commission of Pakistan to conduct elections and they had
\nto ensure implementation over it.<\/p>\n
The minister and SAPM Malik Ahmed Khan demanded forensic audit into the alleged audio tape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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