NewsSeptember 07 , 2016
Reference against PM: Joint opposition meeting convened on Thursday
ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties will meet Thursday to chalk out joint plan of action against the ruling of Speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq for rejecting reference against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
The meeting of opposition parties has been convened following the meeting of leader of Opposition in NA Syed Khursheed Shah and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi here Wednesday.
Talking to journalists after the meeting, Khursheed Shah said “Speaker NA should remain impartial in making decisions.” He said the Speaker rejected the references filed by the opposition, however, he did not mention the reasons.
Shah added the speaker should respect his designation and remain neutral.
“Challenging the ruling of speaker in the court is a common practice and opposition will chalk out a plan in this regard according to law and constitution”, Khursheed Shah asserted.
Speaking on the occasion, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said PTI Chief Imran Khan will represent his viewpoint in the lower house on Thursday.
NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Monday rejected all the four references seeking Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification from the NA membership for allegedly violating articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution in the wake of revelations made in the Panama Papers.
The NA speaker had received eight references, out of which four were filed against Nawaz Sharif, two against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, one against Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai and one against PTI leader Jehangir Tareen.
Ayaz Sadiq rejected and returned the Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed’s reference, stating that his 182-page reference contains insufficient evidence against the prime minister, thus, he cannot be disqualified.
Later, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) received eight references for disqualification of the prime minister, Imran Khan, PTI leaders Jehangir Tareen and PkMAP chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai.
The four references filed against the prime minister were rejected by Ayaz Sadiq. The references filed against the prime minister by PTI, Sheikh Rashid and former Member of National Assembly Umar Farooq were rejected for lack of evidence. Sources said that the Speaker rejected one reference filed against PTI chief Imran Khan but forwarded another reference filed by the PML-N leader Danyal Aziz.
The speaker also rejected a reference filed against Mehmood Khan Achakzai.
Opposition parties have mainly accused the PM of concealing his assets abroad from the ECP and buying and possessing wealth earned through illegal means.
Speaker Ayaz Sadiq said he had sent all the eight disqualification references to the Election Commission. “I took the decision to send eight references for action to the Election Commission on the basis of documents and under rules and added nothing from my side.”
Courtesy www.thenews.com.pk
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