ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah on Wednesday said that Parliament was a sacred institution and the prime minister ‘deceived’ the nation by lying to the Parliament.
Speaking on a point of order in the National Assembly, the Opposition Leader sarcastically remarked that there was a time when the whole national nation was behind the Prime Minister, but now the same prime minister was taking refuge behind Qatar’s prince letter.
He said that it would be unfortunate the speech of an elected prime minister on the floor of the house was declared as political speech.
He said that that there were ‘contradictions’ in Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s speech in the house regarding his assets.
He alleged the PM’s counsel had stated in the Supreme Court during the ongoing Panamagate hearings that politicians deliver political speeches which should not be mistaken as legal statements.
“If you had come forward and apologised, the public would have forgiven you,” Shah said, apparently addressing the prime minister. “But at least come forward and admit to your wrongdoings,” he said.
During Shah’s speech, NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq interrupted several times and directed the senior PPP leader to avoid speaking on subjudice matters.
In response, Shah, to loud applause, claimed that the parliament is superior to the judiciary as the house carries the mandate of 200 million people.
“It is unfortunate when we hear the incoming chief justice is the PML-N’s own man. Don’t make the chief justice controversial,” Shah urged.
He said that tabling privilege motion in the house was his right.
