Pak PM Shehbaz faces treason expenses for consulting ‘fugitive’ brother Nawaz on appointment of subsequent Army chief

Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly has handed a decision in opposition to PM Shehbaz Sharif, looking for his trial below treason expenses for consulting his ‘fugitive’ brother Nawaz Sharif on the appointment of subsequent military chief.

Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif faces treason expenses for consulting ‘fugitive’ brother Nawaz Sharif on appointment of subsequent Army chief. (File Photo)

Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly has handed a decision with a majority vote in opposition to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, looking for his trial below treason expenses for consulting his ‘fugitive’ elder brother Nawaz Sharif in London on the appointment of the brand new military chief.

Punjab Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Basharat Raja offered the decision within the House looking for motion in opposition to Prime Minister Shehbaz below Article 6 (treason) of the Constitution. Punjab is dominated by ousted prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) social gathering and its ally social gathering PMLQ.

The decision says the premier consulted a fugitive — Nawaz Sharif, a three-time prime minister of Pakistan — in London a few days in the past on the appointment of the brand new military chief, which not solely quantities to the prime minister’s oath stopping him from sharing delicate issues with unrelated individuals but additionally an insult to the establishment of the Army.

Prime Minister Shehbaz was in London to attend the state funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II, who additionally met Nawaz Sharif throughout his keep within the metropolis and mentioned the appointment of the subsequent Army chief with him.

Nawaz has been dwelling in London since November 2019 after Lahore High Court granted him bail for eight weeks on medical grounds.

Before leaving for London Nawaz was serving a seven-year sentence in Al-Azizia corruption case on the Lot Lakhpat Jail right here.

Incumbent Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa is because of retire in late November this 12 months. The coalition authorities led by Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League (N) has mentioned it will seek the advice of its allied events and the military prime brass to nominate the brand new military chief.

The PTI which is in opposition within the centre has additionally demanded motion below treason in opposition to Prime Minister Shehbaz after federal Minister Khurram mentioned that the premier had met self-exiled PML-N supreme chief Nawaz Sharif in London to seek the advice of the appointment of the brand new military chief and different issues.

Khan, who can be the Chairman of PTI, has additionally criticised Shehbaz for consulting the appointment of the subsequent military chief along with his absconding elder brother in London. “We are seeing footage of Shehbaz Sharif consulting Nawaz Sharif to nominate the subsequent military chief. What could be a greater shame for our nation that thieves are making such choices,” Khan mentioned and added it as a violation of the Official Secrets Act and a breach of the Prime Minister’s oath of workplace.

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