Ijaz Kakakhel Islamabad
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday likened the Supreme Court’s verdict on Punjab elections to the ‘judicial murder’ of late prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Addressing the National Assembly, PM Shehbaz referred to the ‘judicial murder’ of late prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and said his ‘murder’ took place on April 4, 1979, and on the same date today, the unfortunate episode was repeated with a decision of the Supreme Court in the polls delay case.
The prime minister equating the two decisions said, a murder of justice took place which was highly regrettable. He said in the cabinet’s meeting, they had demanded that a reference over the judicial murder of the late prime minister, which had been pending for the last 12 years, should be taken up and decided by the full court.
He said the world knew that ZAB’s case was a ‘judicial murder’. One of the former judges, who had decided the case, had accepted it in his memories, he added. The prime minister also lauded late ZAB and said he was among the founders of the 1973 Constitution and his historic contribution would always be remembered.
The prime minister also lauded the late Bhutto and said he was among the founders of the 1973 Constitution and that his historic contribution would always be remembered. He also asked the house to pray for the departed soul of Bhutto.
