ISLAMABAD: On Tuesday, Marriyum Aurangzeb, the federal minister for information and broadcasting, claimed that the recent legislation passed by the Parliament amending Article 184 (3) had brought about a transparent and equitable system.
The minister said in a statement that “The Parliament will go to any length to protect its constitutional powers.” She added that no one could take away the constitutional power of Parliament for legislation. The Parliament has the right to fully protect and defend its constitutional rights. She asserted that the judiciary’s role was to interpret the Constitution and laws, not to rewrite them or put limits on the legislative authority of the Parliament. In response to a long-standing request from the legal community, bar councils, and lawers.
The minister said that the legislation relating to Article 184-3 does not curtail the powers, independence and autonomy of the judiciary. By this legislation, ‘One-Man-Show’ and ‘Imperial court-like’ objections were addressed. The three senior-most judges of the Supreme Court will exercise this power in consultation, she said.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Tariq Fazal Chaudhry on Tuesday demanded holding elections at the same time in the entire country and a full bench of court decisions to ensure transparency in the system.
“The solution to the prevailing constitutional, political and legal complications is to hold elections once and at the same time in the entire country to ensure transparency and fairness”, he said while talking to a private news channel.
Replying to a question, he said dialogue was one of the decent choices at the moment to resolve the issues.
He further said the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)-led government and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) were holding their “final” round of negotiations and hopefully meaningful results would be obtained.
In response to another question, Tariq said that the ruling coalition government was not violating the Constitution but rather expressing its reservations.
