Asif Zardari urges institutions & govt to establish their writ

KARACHI, August 23 (SABAH): Co-Chairman of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and former president Asif Ali Zardari urged on Tuesday the institutions and government to establish their writ as he took a jibe at PTI Chairman Imran Khan for criticising Pakistan’s armed forces, police and judiciary.

“The institutions and government will have to establish their writ or else the law, Constitution and institutions will keep falling pray to his [Imran Khan] demands,” a statement issued on Twitter stated.

In a meeting with Sindh ministers, Asif Ali Zardari was quoted as saying by the PPP said that the flood affectees in all four provinces are looking towards the government for help while the hunger for power is driving Imran Khan crazy day by day.

“This person is criticising our army every day and the same army’s officers and soldiers are fighting against terrorists and laying down their lives in two provinces. He threatens the army, police and then a female magistrate and challenges them to arrest him,” he said.

Asif Ali Zardari said that the judiciary must decide if Imran Khan is above the law, can take extra-judicial actions against “me, Mian Nawaz Sharif, my sister and daughter Maryam Nawaz while trampling every law himself.”

He also drew attention towards the flood emergency situation in all the four provinces and said that politicians should focus on the flood victims instead of engaging in politics.