ISLAMABAD: CJP Justice Asif Saeed Khosa takes strong exception to PM ImranKHAN statement.
Referring to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s foreign travel on medicalgrounds, Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa said on Wednesday thatPrime Minister Imran Khan himself agreed for ‘someone’ to travel abroad, soit should not be said that the judiciary was the sole authority in thematter.
A day ago, the prime minister had said in an indirect reference to Nawaz’stravel to London that there are separate laws for the weak and powerful inthe country, requesting the CJP to deliver prompt justice.
While addressing a ceremony in Islamabad, the Chief justice said that theprime minister should not refer to the judiciary as powerful.
“Don’t give us this taunt referring to ‘the powerful’. Nobody is powerfulbefore us [the judiciary] other than the law itself.”
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The CJP said that the prime minister should refrain from issuing suchstatements as he is the chief executive of the government.
“The particular case that the respected prime minister referred to, I donot want to comment on that. But he [PM Imran] should know that theythemselves allowed somebody [Nawaz Sharif] to go abroad. The debate in theHigh Court was only over modalities. Please be careful (with statements).”
Justice Khosa said that they have been working without resources, addingthat those criticising the courts should be careful.
