Sanaullah sees masses' decision vital in deciding country's fate
Pakistan
Sanaullah takes jibe at Imran
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Monday that it was up to the masses to decide whether to extend support to those who were attacking the judiciary or those who were respecting the institution.
Hitting out at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, Mr Sanaullah said, "It is up to the masses to decide whether they will stand by collective consciousness or back the decisions based on stubbornness."
"The masses will have to decide whether they will support the elements of incitement or opt for the path of wellbeing. It is up to the masses to respect the institutions of the state or support those elements who are behind damaging the institutions," added Mr Sanaullah.
He maintained, "Whether the masses will extend support to the law enforcement agencies (LEAs) or to those who dropped petrol bombs on them. The public should decide whether to stand by justice or with those who used the name of justice and showed stubbornness."
On Friday, Mr Sanaullah said it was imperative to oust Imran Khan from the political arena as he was solely responsible for all the crises being faced by the country.
Talking to the media outside the Supreme Court, Rana Sanaullah said today Justice Mandokhail had recused himself from the Supreme Court bench hearing the case pertaining to elections in the provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa writing a dissenting note.
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It was an irony that the nine-member bench had been reduced to just three members now, he added.
The interior minister said,"A 'Fitna' (Imran Khan) has first created a political and administrative crisis and now judicial issues and that is why it becomes all the more important to oust him from politics." There was a need to probe how he (Imran Khan) was "launched" in politics and the judiciary should also play its role in that regard, he added.
He said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader wanted chaos in the country.
The two provincial assemblies were not dissolved constitutionally as the respective chief ministers were not willing to do so. It was rather an "arrogant and stubborn" person who made them dissolve the assemblies for his "nefarious agenda", he added.
Rana Sanaullah said the decision of a two-member bench headed by Justice Qazi Faez Isa regarding the suo moto powers "cannot be disregarded by the circular of the Registrar's Office". There was no such precedent as the registrar's circular prevailed in the face of a bench's decision, he added.
