Bilawal reminds allies of Iftikhar Chaudhry’s ‘judicial dictatorship’

ISLAMABAD (ANN): Minister for Foreign Affairs Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday said ex-Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Chaudhry imposed “judicial dictatorship” in the country that was aimed at sabotaging the democracy and installing hybrid regime.
Addressing the National Assembly session debating the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill 2023, he said the country was in the grips of several issues at this time adding that people were facing a historic financial crisis.
“An incompetent Prime Minister was imposed on the country who pushed the country towards crises”, he added. Russia-Ukraine war, he said, had some impacts.
The PPP chairman said that the armed forces and the nation wiped out the menace of terrorism from Pakistan but the former prime minister Imran Khan decided that he will forgive the APS terrorists and he then released them from jails
He said the incompetent and selected PM pardoned and released these terrorists and brought them to KPK and former tribal territories in flocks of thousands. The people of the tribal areas rendered huge sacrifices to face these terrorists courageously. Just as the tribal areas were starting to progress, this incompetent former PM decided to bring these terrorists from Afghanistan.
“It is unfortunate that we are also witnessing the resurfacing of terrorist outlets that had earlier been driven out, such as the TTP, Majeed Brigade and BLA. The very same PM who led the country to the brink of default, allowed for the nation to be engulfed in the flames of terror,” he remarked.
He maintained that the anti-democratic forces started the hybrid war when the Charter of Democracy was signed. Character assassination of a politician was going on at that time through the media. Bilawal Bhutto added that the former chief justice was also part of this hybrid war.
The Foreign Minister said the purpose of all the forces coming to the same page was to bring “selected” [Imran Khan] back [to the Prime Minister’s office]. “They don’t know what will happen next but the legislation we are working on today will become a part of the history in the future”, he added.
Currently, he said, Pakistan and its people are facing a multitude of challenges simultaneously, part of which is owed to a former Prime Minister Imran Khan who took it upon himself to destroy the country’s economy.