ISLAMABAD, May 5: The Governor of Punjab Omar Sarfraz Cheema decided to send a reference against Lahore High Court’s (LHC) Justice Jawad Hassan to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC).
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Governor Punjab asked him to tell in connection with the law that who could administrate the oath, with the exception of the Governor and President.
Omar Sarfraz claimed that one constitutional institution could not interfere on the matter of another one. He alleged that the judiciary was misused, adding that none of the political leader staged protest over the affecting supremacy of the parliament.
Omar Sarfraz questioned: “How could they provide justice to the masses, who failed to consider the supremacy of the parliament”? He added that he does not believe that they had ever studied the political history of Pakistan.
The Governor Punjab went on to say that in this crisis, three characters were surfaced, which included the Judiciary, Parliament and political parties, questioning that what were their roles?
Omar Sarfraz further said that he could say with pride that the Judiciary gave important ruling despite all the situation, adding that they should study that what was happened with Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.
Governor Punjab said that despite the pressure, no unconstitutional ruling were given. Omar Sarfraz said for the election of Punjab CM, order was passed, questioning that what was the standard of this selection?
He lashed out at Punjab CM Hamza Shehbaz and said that one person took unconstitutional ruling from the court, adding that the Speaker of the National Assembly administered the oath to him.
Omar Sarfraz said that the legal action will be taken against Justice Jawad Hassan, who gave unconstitutional ruling. Governor concluded that during this situation he never became the part of verbal abuse.
Earlier, Governor Omar Sarfaraz Cheema said that he will arrest CM Hamza Shehbaz Sharif if provided “a subedar and four soldiers”.
In a statement on Twitter, Omar Sarafarz Cheema said that the crisis-hit province has been taken hostage by force.
The PTI loyalist said that the silence of mainstream political parties on the constitutional crisis in Punjab is “extremely worrying” and added that Awab Alvi, President Arif Alvi’s son, will be the next chief minister of Sindh if such practices become the culture of our politics.
“I always called for a neutral umpire during my political struggle,” he said, adding that the neutral umpire, in fact, has the same rules for both teams.
Reacting to his tweets, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Talal Chaudhary said a havildar and four soldiers are soon coming to Governor House to throw Cheema out from the office.
He said the time has come to end the unconstitutional occupation of Imran Niazi’s tout on the Governor House. Talal said he would be headed directly to jail from Governor House due to unconstitutional steps taken by him.
Cheema has been at the centre of controversy in the country’s biggest province since PTI appointed him as governor replacing Mohammad Sarwar at the peak of the crisis last month.-DNA
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