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PML-Q submits reply in SC over Islamabad sit-ins
INPISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) on Monday filed its reply in the Supreme Court (SC) over the petitions against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) sit-ins in red zone of Islamabad.
The PML-Q in its reply argued that the protest was a political issue and not comes in the purview of the apex court. The party said that sit-ins should be viewed in the context of the political situation and not as a human rights matter.
It urged for the scrutiny of the constitutional status of the existing parliament in view of the allegations of rigging in general elections. The reply referred to the killings in the Model Town Lahore in June as cause of these sit-ins and pleaded to the court to dismiss all petitions against the protest.
The Supreme Court hearing a set of petitions against sit-ins by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) on the Constitution Avenue had issued notices to all parliamentary parties including the PML-Q as well as the PAT.
Petitioner Zulfiqar Naqvi pleaded to the court that all parliamentary parties be summoned so the deadlock could be resolved.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk