(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The Supreme Court has rejected the federal governments plea seeking to restrain protesters from moving towards the Red Zone area of the capital.“That is something for the government to handle” Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk said while rejecting the attorney general for Pakistan’s (AGP) plea to pass an order stopping protesters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) from entering the area.
AGP Salman Aslam Butt expressed concerns that the protesters might enter the diplomatic enclave after they moved closer to the area on Sunday.
The court said that the ongoing political crisis and alleged violation of fundamental rights ensuing from the impasse between the government and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) are a matter for the government to decide the Dawn online reported. The petition was filed last week by Supreme Court Bar Association (President Kamran Murtaza. During Monday’s hearing Attorney General Salman Aslam Butt had said that fundamental rights are being violated.
“We are the guardians of the constitution we have taken oath under the constitution. We cannot permit any deviation... this is our obligation” Justice Mian Saqib Nisar said.
Nisar maintained that the petitioner has to submit a comprehensive statement.
The petitioner argued that the current political impasse is adversely affecting all spheres of national life and such a situation may embolden some elements to take undue advantage of the situation and to resort to unconstitutional measures.
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