Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has said he does not recognise the current judiciary and will not appear before the Supreme Court on November 20 for proceedings in his disqualification case. In most countries it doesn't matter whether you recognize the current judiciary or not. What matters is whether the sheriffs they send to enforce the warrant have truncheons or worse.
In an interview with a private TV channel on Friday, Sharif said parliament should decide on seeking financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), adding consulting parliament would reduce the burden of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) government. He said it would be better for Pakistan not to seek IMF's assistance, as its past experiences with the fund had not been encouraging.
The economy's tanked, the country's credit rating is subjunk. Uncle Fester is a genius.
Sharif said the government should not privatise Qadirpur Gas Field without having evaluated its deposits. He said 99 percent of the country's problems would be resolved if the sacked judges were reinstated, as they would bury the doctrine of necessity for good. He said the struggle of the legal fraternity and his party would continue until the sacked chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was restored. He said it would be appropriate for the PPP to quit the Punjab government, but declined to comment when asked if the PPP ministers would be included in the Punjab cabinet when it was expanded. He said the committee for the implementation of the joint parliamentary resolution on national security should be activated as early as possible so that it could engage the stakeholder in Tribal Areas and elsewhere to improve the security situation. Dialogue is the best option to solve the matters, he added.