Govt-judiciary rift can harm country: Nawaz

ISLAMABAD PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif conveyed his partys concerns over the delay in the appointment of judges in the superior judiciary to Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani during a meeting on Friday, TheNation reliably learnt. According to the informed sources, Nawaz held an exclusive meeting with the Prime Minister on the sidelines of dinner reception he hosted in the honour of visiting Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas here at the PMs House. Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Ch Nisar Ali Khan also attended the meeting. Sources informed that PML-N Quaid also expressed concerns over the Governments dilly-dally approach on implementation of the apex court on the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO). Earlier, chairing a consultative meeting of the party at the Punjab House, Nawaz Sharif warned the Government against delay in the appointment of judges. PML-N sources informed that Nawaz Sharif took serious view on Governments approach in appointment of the judges, saying the government-judiciary confrontation was triggering a new political tension that could be very harmful for the country. He called upon the Government to end the rising political tension in the wake of delay in judges appointment, adding the Government should refrain from giving arguments on the verdicts of superior judiciary about NRO and other cases and instead implement the decisions. If the Government wants to give any argument, the Supreme Court of Pakistan is the best forum for it, informed sources quoted Nawaz Sharif as saying. He was of the view the Government should devote its precious time and energy in tackling challenges relating to worst price hike, gas and power crises, and other issues. The meeting also reviewed talks between the PML-N and ANP to evolve consensus over renaming of NWFP. The meeting was attended amongst others by Ch Nisar, Raja Zarfar-ul-Haq, Ishaq Dar, Javed Hashmi, Siaranjam Khan, Pir Sabir Shah, Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, Sardar Mehtab Abbasi, Zafar Ali Shah, Sartaj Aziz, Chaudhry Jafar Iqbal, Eshrat Ashraf, Lt Gen (Retd) Termizi and other party leaders.

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