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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Judicial commission to probe allegations of Shahbaz: BabarISLAMABAD: The government has decided to constitute a judicial commission to probe the allegations by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif that his life was in danger from President Asif Ali Zardari, said former federal minister Dr Babar Awan on Monday.
“The relevant ministry has already been directed to write a letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry requesting nomination of a sitting judge of the Supreme Court (SC) to hold an inquiry about the allegations of Shahbaz Sharif,” he said while addressing a press conference.
“The Punjab chief minister has issued a non-serious statement. It will be necessary for him to produce evidence before the commission,” the former minister said.
There should be no personal revenge in a democratic society, he said and added that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) did not believe in the politics of revenge despite executions and incarcerations.
“The government will not allow the democratic institutions to become weaker,” Babar observed. Urging the Punjab government to make public the inquiry report of the murder plan of former chief justice of the Lahore High Court, Khawaja Sharif, he said according to his information some high-ups of the provincial bureaucracy had been nominated in the report. app
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk