ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Friday submitted objections in the Parliament House on the election of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders Ishaq Dar and Kulsoom Nawaz to the Senate and the National Assembly respectively.
PTI spokesman Fawad Chaudhry in his letters to the Senate Chairman and NA Speaker stated that failure of Dar and Kulsoom to take oath of their offices despite being elected was akin to robbing the masses of their democratic rights.
Dar was awarded a Senate ticket despite the fact that he faced corruption cases and had already been declared absconder by a court, which was a joke with democracy, the letter states. Dar should either be asked to immediately take oath or be forced to step down, the letter demanded.
Raising objections over the election of former premier Nawaz Sharif’s ailing wife Kulsoom, the letter says that she was awarded a ticket despite being seriously ill and incapable of carrying out political activities. “Kulsoom Nawaz should be asked to resign in the larger interest of the masses and taking into account the democratic pre-requisites. We pray for her complete recovery from the core of our hearts,” the letter said. The PTI also demanded a change in the law regarding taking of oath citing these two cases.
Published in Daily Times, March 17th 2018.
