Time for institutions to get united to uphold Constitution; Launches ‘Constitution Mobile App’
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday criticised the Supreme Court’s order to render a bill curtailing the powers of the chief justice of Pakistan as ineffective even once it becomes law, saying that such an example did not exist in the entire world.
Addressing the launch ceremony of the Constitution’s mobile app in Islamabad, the premier said, “There is no example in the world where the parliament’s law — which had not even come into existence right now and not taken its applicable shape — was issued a stay order upon.”
Shehbaz said, “The Constitution has taken birth from the cradle of the parliament. The judiciary can interpret the Constitution but the judiciary cannot rewrite the Constitution.
“This (rewriting Constitution) is only the parliament’s authority,” he added. The premier went on to say that the “parliament will use its constitutional and legal rights on this” matter.
“It is expected from the judiciary, the Supreme Court bench and bar that they will become the Constitution’s protector,” he said.
Shehbaz said the country was “standing at crossroads today” and that politicians, in cluding him, had committed numerous mistakes.
“The ones to stand above others are those who move forward after learning from their mistakes and subordinate themselves to the national interest for the nation’s high and supreme aim,” he said.
The prime minister said the government was “working day and night to improve Pakistan’s difficult conditions and will keep doing so”.
