Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PTI Chairman Imran Khan has welcomed the decision of Supreme Court regarding the disqualification of Yousaf Raza Gilani.
Talking to Geo News anchor Kamran Khan, Imran Khan said that the decision is a victory for rule of law and the supremacy of the constitution.
“Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf salutes the Supreme Court for demonstrating that everyone is equal whether a common man or a Prime Minister before law,” the chief said.
“We took decision to approach the apex court because after Yousuf Raza Gilani had been held in contempt, Speaker National Assembly had no authority to question the verdict. Her role was simply to transmit the superior court decision to the Election Commission, which she refused. This created a situation of constitutional deadlock and it was necessary for the Supreme Court to adjudicate upon it,” said the PTI chief.
Khan described apex court’s judgment as “historic because it has demarcated limits of judicial and parliamentary authority. It will set a precedent that once superior judiciary has convicted someone, no non judicial forum can hold otherwise. The obvious implication is that once a conviction from a court of law has attained finality, disqualification from membership of a legislature would be automatic.”
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