Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif accused the court of double standards and said that justice is dead in Pakistan because of such practices. (Image: Reuters)
During his address to the federal cabinet, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif criticized the Supreme Court’s decision to grant bail to Imran Khan.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday criticized the Pakistan Supreme Court for granting relief to his predecessor Imran Khan on Thursday in the Al-Qadir Trust case.
According to CNN-News18, Shehbaz Sharif will meet members of the ruling Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) coalition and discuss the imposition of Emergency.
The Islamabad High Court had granted two-week protection from arrest to Imran Khan in the Al-Qadir Trust case and the PTI chief could not be arrested till May 17. The criminal proceedings against him in the Toshakhana reference case were also stayed by the Islamabad High Court.
Pakistan-based news outlet The Pakistan Prime Minister Sharif is quoted as saying, “Double standards have led to the death of justice in Pakistan.” dawn,
“When he (Imran) was produced in the court yesterday, the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) said it was good to see you. And he said this in a corruption case.
Sharif accused the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of holding the country’s security hostage. He said such violence was not seen during the fall of Dhaka in 1973, referring to the liberation of Bangladesh, in which the Indian Army helped the Bangladesh liberators led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman drive the Pakistani army out of the country.
He also accused Imran Khan of taking the country into an economic crisis. “As you know the currency is going through difficult times, and the challenges we have inherited are contributing greatly to the worsening of the situation. The previous government violated an agreement with the IMF and we are trying to rectify this. are doing dawn,
Sharif said that the relief given by the top court of Pakistan is no less than an ‘NRO’.
General Pervez Musharraf promulgated the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) in 2007, granting amnesty to politicians, political activists and bureaucrats accused of corruption, money laundering, murder and terrorism etc. between January 1, 1986 and October 12, 1999 . Between two martial law in Pakistan.
“If you want to take the side of this lad, then you should also put all the dacoits of the country behind bars. Let it be free for all,” said Shehbaz Sharif.
He further said that such leniency was not shown to members of the PML-N alliance, including Nawaz Sharif, when he was arrested, adding that no one spoke about the injustice meted out to him.
