ISLAMABAD, Oct 17 (NNI): Barrister Gohar on Thursday said that the government didn’t share the complete draft of the proposed constitutional amendment.
Barrister Gohar Ali Khan was talking to media persons on the occasion of Parliament’s session here. “Today they discussed the ‘constitutional bench’ instead of the ‘constitutional court’ (in the parliamentary committee session),” the PTI chairman pointed out.
He said the situation will be cleared after his and the PTI colleagues’ meeting with JUI leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman. “We are backing the formation of the constitutional bench but will oppose the constitutional court,” PTI leader stressed.
Barrister Gohar Ali Khan also claimed that seven members of the government will not vote to the constitutional amendment bill.
Barrister Gohar has condemned “the way” through which the government wanted to bring constitutional amendment.
The PTI chief lashed out at the government for abducting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Zain Qureshi’s wife in the dead of night. He said if the government wanted to employ these tactics to coerce us into passing constitutional amendment, then it should clearly state that it has abandoned rule of law and supremacy of constitution.
“If you want to do legislation using these means then we will better avoid coming to parliament for talks on constitutional amendment,” he warned.
Expressing his party’s stance on constitutional amendment, Gohar said the PTI had informed the ruling coalition that it would present its draft after consulting PTI Founder Imran Khan.
“We had told the government that we will mull over the draft with Maulana Fazlur Rehman. The legislation depends on conscience and independent choice, not on number games,” he pointed out. NNI
