Islamabad, March 17, 2022 (PPI-OT): A meeting of the core committee of the Pakistan People’s Party was held Thursday evening in Zardari House Islamabad, presided over jointly by President Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians Mr Asif Ali Zardari and Chairman PPP Mr. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and attended by senior leadership of the Party.
The meeting was attended by the former prime ministers Yousuf Raza Gillani and Raja Pervez Ashraf, M Raza Rabbani former chairman senate, Syed Khurshid Shah, Naveed Qamar, Sherry Rehman, secretary general PPP Nayyer Hussain Bokhari, Senator Mustafa Khokhar, Qamar Zaman Kira, Chaudhry Manzoor, Shazia Marri, Rukhsana Bangash, Fouzia Habib and Farhatullah Babar secretary general PPPP.
The meeting discussed in detail the latest political situation in the wake of the no trust move against the Prime Minister by the parties in the opposition. The meeting felicitated the people of Pakistan on the victory that the Selected Prime Minister had lost his majority and mandate and that this fact will also soon be formally established as the democratic, constitutional and political process under the Constitution as it winds its way in the days ahead.
In the light of the reality that he has already lost the trust of the majority of National Assembly members the meeting declared that the Prime Minister had lost all moral authority and mandate to give directions to the bureaucracy which was henceforth under no obligation to take orders from him. The meeting also called upon the President of Pakistan to not take any advice that may be tendered by the Prime Minister.
The meeting expressed deep concern over the threats hurled at the members of Parliament by some federal ministers to disrupt the constitutional process of voting in the no confidence motion and vowed to resist any such attempt by those wishing to disrupt constitutional and democratic process. The meeting also condemned the desperate utterances of a federal minister aimed at creating a law and order situation on the day of no trust vote to derail the democratic process.
The meeting took special took note of the statement of the Interior Minister in which he has threatened to impose Emergency in the country in order to save their own political skin. No grounds exist for such a statement and all such moves shall be strongly resisted. The meeting placed on record its deep appreciation of the SCBA, the PBC and all bar councils and bar associations of the country for taking note of the situation and expressing deep concern over the threats of use of force to subvert the constitutional process of no confidence move.
It deeply appreciated the bar’s declaration to uphold rule of law, democracy and constitutionalism in the country. Blocking of roads and highways leading to the Parliament house and Supreme Court on the Constitution Avenue in Islamabad to block the no trust vote from taking place will tantamount to subverting the Constitution itself and attract relevant articles of the Constitution.
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