As the fear of military coup growing in Pakistan, the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sherif has slammed Pakistan Army. He urged the judiciary to take immediate action and stop being a mute spectator.
Nervous Pakistan Army establishment tried to curtail the uprising, Pakistan’s security establishment tried to muffle the voice of opposition political parties. Days after the arrest of Nawaz Sheriff’s son-in-law Capt Mohammad Sardar. Me Sharif urges the Pak judiciary to take notice of dubious law and order situation.
the PML-N leader said: “There is a lot happening. I feel the respected judiciary should take notice and that they are capable of taking suo motu notice against such actions [Safdar’s arrest].”
Capt Safdar was arrested and then released in Karachi on bail after officials raided the hotel room where he and his wife Maryam Nawaz were staying after a rally of the Pakistan Democratic Movement.
While Mr Sharif did not directly say which matter the judiciary should take suo motu notice of, he lauded the Sindh police for registering a protest over the alleged highhanded manner in which the establishment acted in the case.
“These actions are out of pure anger and revenge. Why? Because I am speaking the truth about these ‘state above the state’ policies that have hurt Pakistan.”
Published in Dawn, October 22nd, 2020
Source : Dawn, Social Media, open-source.
