Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly has passed a resolution against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, seeking his trial under sedition charges for consulting his ‘fugitive’ brother Nawaz Sharif on the appointment of the next army chief.
Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif has been charged with sedition for taking advice from ‘fugitive’ brother Nawaz Sharif on the appointment of the next army chief. (file photo)
Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly has passed a majority resolution against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, seeking to be tried under sedition charges for consulting his ‘fugitive’ elder brother Nawaz Sharif in London on the appointment of the new army chief. Has been.
Punjab Parliamentary Affairs Minister Basharat Raja introduced a motion in the House demanding action against Prime Minister Shahbaz under Article 6 (sedition) of the Constitution. Punjab is ruled by ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and its ally PMLQ.
The resolution said the prime minister had consulted a fugitive in London a few days ago – Pakistan’s three-time prime minister, Nawaz Sharif – on the appointment of a new army chief, which not only amounts to withholding the prime minister’s oath. By sharing sensitive matters with unrelated persons, but also an insult to the institution of the army.
Prime Minister Shahbaz was in London to attend the state funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II, who also met Nawaz Sharif during his stay in the city and discussed with him the appointment of the next army chief.
Nawaz has been living in London since November 2019, when the Lahore High Court granted him bail for eight weeks on medical grounds.
Before moving to London, Nawaz was serving a seven-year sentence in the Lot Lakhpat prison here in the Al-Azizia corruption case.
The current Chief of the Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, is due to retire at the end of November this year. Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League (N)-led coalition government has said it will consult its allies and top army officials on the appointment of a new army chief.
PTI running in opposition at the Center has also demanded action against Prime Minister Shahbaz under sedition. and other cases.
Khan, who is also the chairman of PTI, has also criticized Shahbaz for consulting with his absconding elder brother in London for the appointment of the next army chief. “We are seeing pictures of Shahbaz Sharif, who is consulting Nawaz Sharif to appoint the next army chief,” he said. What can be a greater disgrace to our country than thieves taking such decisions.”
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