Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) and the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) of Pakistan on Tuesday slammed the PTI for its criticism of the Supreme Court (SC) judges.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, PBC Vice Chairman Haroonur Rasheed said that those who had brought the PTI to power were also responsible for its ouster.
He lamented that military dictators had always stifled people’s voices.
He said that there was nothing wrong with airing one’s opinion over a court’s judgment. “But despite the fact that the apex court’s decision in the PTI’s intra-party elections (election symbol) case was as per the constitution, the party leaders started criticizing it,” he said, adding, “The SC had to deprive the PTI of its election symbol because it failed to hold its intra-party elections.”
Truth of the matter was that, he went on to say, that the party held its elections in a small village adjacent to Peshawar. “We appeal to the PTI leaders and their lawyers not to indulge in mudslinging of judges.” He alleged that the PTI had always tried to weaken the state institutions.
Speaking on the occasion, SCBA President ShahzadShaukat accused the PTI of running a malicious campaign on social media against judges. “It is sad that instead of pointing out flaws in the apex court’s judgment, the party leaders have started pointing fingers at judges’ characters,” he said.
