Govt being asked to dissolve national assembly, claims Azam Tarar

ISLAMABAD– Azam Nazir Tarar, a federal law minister, asserted on Tuesday that the government has been asked to dissolve the National Assembly as soon as possible.

Speaking to the media, he stated that he had spoken with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and that further consultations would be held. He continued, “These times demand moving forward with collective wisdom.” He asserted that the judiciary and the legislature each had specific roles to play. He continued by saying that there was only a crisis of behaviors and that neither a constitutional nor legal crisis existed in the nation.

“It is just a little demand to have either Supreme Court’s topmost judges included or constitute a full court while deciding cases of national importance”, he added. A voice from inside the SC, he said, had been raised against the CJP Umar Ata Bandial’s discretionary powers.

Replying to a question regarding the civil society’s attempts to bring the government and the PTI on a negotiating table, the law minister replied some people including prominent journalist Mujeeb ur Rehman Shami, Imtiaz Alam, Hina Jilani, PBC chairman Haroonur Rasheed were registering good attempts adding such attempts should be made if it was intended to take the country on the path of progress.

He continued saying that split elections would create a political crisis in the country adding that the country needed political stability to achieve economic stability. “The ECP is not running away from elections but a level playing field should be ensured after sitting together”, he added. The system should not be compromised, he said, for one person’s ego.

Mr Tarar said when a question was raised against dissolving Punjab and KP assemblies in the court, it was thrown under the rug. “We can sit if someone is “really” willing to talk”, he added.