LAHORE:
PML-N Central Information Secretary and former federal minister for information and broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has hailed the decision of the Supreme Court over lifetime disqualification as a step towards restoration of constitutional sanity.
History has vindicated Nawaz Sharif and restored his honour, while Saqib Nisar’s short-lived vengeful act has been dishonourably discarded, she stated.
In a statement, Marriyum said the decision by the Supreme Court re-establishes the supremacy of the constitution.
She said that the provision of lifetime disqualification was an instrument created for one reason and one agenda to persecute and exclude PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif from Pakistani politics forever.
The architects of this sinister provision in the law should be held accountable for adulterating the constitution of Pakistan, which was the highest level of offence in the Islamic republic, she said.
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The former federal minister said let this be a lesson for everyone now and in the future, that the true representatives of the people of Pakistan who are blessed with unshakeable love and support of the nation, cannot be eliminated from the political landscape because of the wishes and conspiratorial nefarious designs of a few individuals.
Marriyum stressed that stringent consequences need to be defined to ensure that nobody should ever dare abrogate the constitution of Pakistan for political gains. She said that this principle of constitutional sanctity and sanity did not only apply to Nawaz Sharif, but should stand for all patriotic political leaders of Pakistan.
Only the people of Pakistan have the power through their vote to qualify or disqualify their representatives, she concluded.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 9th, 2024.
