National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf has warned the Supreme Court against intruding in the parliament\u2019s domain, saying \u201cothers will also try to enter your domain\u201d.
\nIn an interview with an American media outlet, Ashraf said they [the superior judiciary] should take over the legislative business if parliament\u2019s lawmaking authority is unacceptable.
\nAshraf said the farce of elections should end if parliament has to use its legislative authority according to the will of the Supreme Court or a high court.
\nReferring to an apex court\u2019s verdict in which it stopped the implementation of a bill clipping the chief justice\u2019s powers even before it becomes a law, he said: \u201cHow can you enter the domain of the chosen representatives of the people? Now that you have come, others will also try to enter your domain.\u201d
\nHe said that while the apex court should hear all parties, the government should also shun rigidity, adding political matters should never be taken to the court as it harms not only politics but also weakens the judiciary.
\n“Division in politics is necessary, but division in Supreme Court is dangerous”, he noted.
\nThe veteran politician said parliamentarians themselves should resolve all political matters in the parliament or at any other forum on their own.
\nAbout the army chief\u2019s address to the in-camera session on national security, Ashraf said General Asim Munir\u2019s words and his clarity of thought was very reassuring.
\nThe speaker said the way the army chief expressed his adherence to the Constitution and trust in the supremacy of the parliament was invigorating. “The country needs ideas like this”, he maintained.
\nTo a question about the possibility of any new anti-terrorism operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa or Balochistan, the speaker said no new operation, but law-enforcing had already been acting against miscreants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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