Islamabad: recognizing that a delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) met with the president of the Supreme Court in view of the “letters” sent by the PTI, a minister minimized the importance of the meeting, claiming that during the interaction he did not discuss the delegation the merit of legal cases.
“Letters were being written to the IMF, urging them to intervene, so they had requested a meeting with the president of the Supreme Court [Yahya Afridi]”” The Federal Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Azam Nazeer Tarar, said Thursday to the Senate.
The minister was responding to a matter of Senator Jui-F Kamran Murtaza, who said that, although no one else can meet with the president of the Supreme Court, the IMF delegation could do so.
According to Tara, the meeting between the IMF officials and the CJ took place in a pleasant atmosphere, where the points on the rule of law in the country were discussed.
The minister pointed out that the 26th Constitutional Amendment “could have been discussed during the meeting. However, the IMF did not comment on the merits of legal cases.
“The IMF delegation [also] He met with the president of the Supreme Court, who is the head of the Judiciary and supervises several programs that receive subsidies from foreign countries, “Tarar added.
On Thursday, the Senate session was chaired by Vice President Syedaal Khan.
During the session, the ANP senator, Haji Hidayatullah, raised a point of order, stating that ANP had submitted a request to hold a public meeting at Liaquat Bagh of Rawalpindi, but he had not yet received a response from the Punjab government directed by PML -N.
He noted that similar meetings had been held in other provinces without incident and reiterated that the ANP, as a defender of non -violence, should not deny permission.
He said that all the necessary preparations had been made for the rally scheduled for Friday at 3 PM and warned that the refusal to grant permission could create problems.
He urged the provincial government to reconsider its position and immediately approve the event. He also mentioned rumors that the provincial government was deliberately blocking the meeting.
Senator Shibli Faraz said that the PTI was not allowed to celebrate demonstrations in any province, except Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), where the game governs.
He criticized the Punjab government for fearing political meetings and assured the ANP for the support of his party. “The PTI fully supports the right of all political parties to organize demonstrations in the KP.”
Senator Haji Hidayatullah reiterated the commitment of the ANP with democracy and expressed his gratitude to the KP government for allowing its meetings in DIR, Swat, Bannu and other districts.
The PPP senator, Sherry Rehman, declared that celebrating a meeting at Rawalpindi was the democratic right of the ANP whenever Pacific remains.
Senator Irfan Siddiqui, of the PML-N, echoed his comments, praising the history of the Pacific protests of the ANP. He recalled a previous ANP rally in Liaquat Bagh that ended in tragedy and completely backed the demand, promising to address the matter with Punjab Prime Minister Maryam Nawaz.
