Maryam says whenever country suffers damage, it comes through SC building; PDM calls off anti-CJP sit-in
Pakistan Democratic Movement chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Monday the coalition government would not accept “engineered verdicts” and later called off the sit-in staged outside the Supreme Court to protest against the judiciary for “facilitating” Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan.
It comes days after the Islamabad High Court granted PTI chief Imran Khan relief in multiple cases as Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial had declared Imran Khan’s arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case “illegal”.
Accusing CJP Bandial of “misconduct of court” during his address at PDM’s sit-in outside Supreme Court, he said CJP Bandial and his “company” were maligning the judiciary. “We want to restore judiciary’s respect,” he added.
It would make no difference if few people sitting inside this building were sacrificed, he said.
He went on to say that if judged by the outcome, it would reflect that the verdicts were engineered. “If you [CJP] and your fellows degrade us, know that we are stronger than you,” he added.
The PDM chief said if they [the judiciary] wanted to do politics, they should come out and do it. “Then, we’ll see your worth,” he added. All security must set aside, he said, they would secure this building [of the SC].
Rehman continued by saying that top judges were conniving to disqualify PM Shehbaz Sharif. “If you do this, you will not find a safe place to hide,” he said. We would protect, he said, our PM [in the parliament].
“You are safeguarding a person who attacks the army and security installations without any reason,” he said. “We’ll come again in large numbers on the constitution avenue,” he added.
