RAWALPINDI: Former interior minister and Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rasheed has expressed his indignation for calling the bench headed by CJP as a ‘fixed bench’, ARY News reported.
Sheikh Rasheed was reacting to the criticism of coalition government on the judges. In his tweet, the former minister said it is very sad to call the bench of SC , a ‘fixed bench’.
Sheikh Rasheed said that the Supreme Court is being targeted. He asked the PDM parties who are their favorite judges?.
چیف جسٹس کے بنچ کو فکسڈ بنچ کہنا انتہائی افسوسناک ہے۔2ووٹوں کے سازشی پرائم منسٹر پر بھی عدم اعتماد لانا ہوگا۔فوج کے بعد سپریم کورٹ کو نشانہ بنایا جارہا ہے۔اتحادی بتائیں کہ ان کے پسندیدہ جج کونسے ہیں۔یہ اثاثے بیچ کرمعیشت کو مزید تباہ کررہے ہیں۔اب ن لیگ بھی الیکشن سے بھاگ رہی ہے
— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) July 26, 2022
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