Federal government trying to influence judiciary: Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar

Islamabad, 7 February 2021: Pakistan People’s Party’ leader, Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar has said that the government’s ordinance about open ballot in the senate elections is an effort to influence and pressurise the Supreme Court which is hearing a case in this regard.

Senator Khokhar in a statement said that this government’s action will give the perception that the judiciary is not independent in its decisions. He asked the Bar councils and the lawyers associations to take a straight stance on this issue.

Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar said that the PTI government has made every institution controversial. It is not in the interest of the country to harm the credibility of institutions for its own political interests. The PTI government wants to quell the revolt within PTI by using the Supreme court.