ISLAMABAD: PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz said the ruling PDM did not want to stage sit-in outside the Supreme Court as they respect the Constitution and judges.
“[The] country’s progress and destruction linked to this building. The decisions of the judiciary are responsible for the destruction of the country,” she was addressing participants of PDM protest outside SC in Islamabad.
She also clarified that her criticism was not aimed at the judges but those elements in the apex court “facilitating” PTI chief Imran Khan.
Addressing Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Maryam said: “Are you happy to see this sea of people or not?”
Referring to the recent violent protests following Khan’s arrest, Maryam said it was the responsibility of the judiciary to hold accountable those elements spreading chaos and anarchy in the country.
The ruling party lamented that elected prime ministers were sent packing by the judiciary in the past and the supremacy of the parliament was not respected.
Besides Khan, Maryam said the chief justice is also responsible for the anarchy that has engulfed the entire country.
Maryam said at a time when the military was not ready to impose martial law and standing with democracy, judicial martial law had been imposed in the country.
