Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said treatment being meted out to the Constitution and law was “unprecedented” as “such terrible scene has never met [our] eyes.”
Addressing a meeting of the leaders of all coalition parties, he said a mockery was being made with the Constitution and laws of the country with the recent decisions of the Supreme Court.
The fate of the nation was being decided with strange decisions, he said in an apparent reference to the decision of three-member bench of the Supreme Court on a case related to the polls’ delaying in Punjab.
The three-member bench had rejected the appeal for the constitution of a full bench and similarly, political parties’ pleas were also rejected, he added.
The prime minister elaborated that last week, they held a detailed meeting, followed by two cabinet meetings and parliamentary meetings over the evolving situation.
He questioned inclusion of judges in the three-member bench, who recused themselves earlier. “How a decision of another bench was neglected”.
A circular was issued over Justice Isa’s directive, followed by the formation of a six-member bench that took up the issue and decided it, he added.
The prime minister said the members of the National Assembly had debated the issue in the ongoing session and a resolution had already been passed while tomorrow, another resolution would be tabled in the House.
He also highlighted the directive of the three-member bench with regard to the holding of elections in Punjab province and the observation over the election in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The prime minister said the purpose behind holding of the meeting of coalition parties was to mull over the situation and evolve a solid response.
