'We will take to the streets if the most senior judge is not appointed as CJP,' warns CM Gandapur

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has warned that they would take to the streets if the most senior judge is not appointed as the Chief Justice of Pakistan.

Speaking on the floor of the KP assembly, the chief minister took a dig at Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif-led government, saying: “A government who does not have a legal mandate attacked the judiciary.”

The Imran Khan-founded party calls the incumbent government “unconstitutional” and “Form-47 government” — a reference to the alleged manipulation in the results of February 8 general elections. 

The PTI also issued a white paper on alleged rigging in the February 8 general elections, demanding the formation of the judicial commission to probe the “snatching of the 180 seats”.

The KP chief minister was of the view that the “unconstitutional amendment” was aimed at facilitating the elite class.

“Independent Judiciary has been subjugated.”

The chief minister announced that the “contentious” constitutional amendment would be revoked whenever PTI would come into power. He further said that thy would make amendments to the Constitution that would benefit the people.

Strongly criticising the PT-backed dissident lawmakers, CM Gandapur said that they should have resigned instead of casting votes in favour of the “unconstitutional amendment”.

Earlier today, President Asif Ali Zardari signed the “26th Amendment Bill” into law on the advice of PM Shehbaz following the approval of the said legislation by the parliament.

In the lower house of parliament, the government clinched 225 votes of the required 224 with the crucial support of a handful of independent MNAs, including those backed by the PTI.