“Previously, people would go scot-free for violating the Constitution but this time around, we will make sure it doesn’t happen,” Ranjha said. “He [President Arif Alvi] has a track record of violating the Constitution so we will go for impeachment,” Ranjha said, adding that both the decisions of the president were against the law and the Constitution. Subsequently, the newly elected Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf had decided to go for the verification of the resignations. “The president’s decisions on the ECP, the NFC and Justice Isa case are solid reasons for impeachment,” Mehboob said. It may be mentioned here that having numbers on the papers and in reality have proven to be altogether a different thing during voting process in the National Assembly and the Senate.

Source: The Express Tribune April 27, 2022 19:31 UTC