Shahzada Zulfiqar
QUETTA - A number of politicians belonging to Balochistan rejected the enforcement of emergency in the country and declared it disastrous for both people and the country.
National Party Secretary General Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo said that it was not an emergency rather was Martial Law that was imposed by Pervez Musharraf to prolong his ‘misrule’.
He said that on the one hand Constitution was held in abeyance and a PCO was issued and Judges were given oath under the PCO. He said that all these extra- Constitutional steps were made under the cover of emergency in the country that was in fact a Martial Law.
He said that the imposition of Martial law in the country would not be acceptable to all political parties and democratic forces.
Acting President of Balochistan National Party Dr Jahanzaib said that the enforcement of emergency, suspending the Constitution and forcing the judges to take oath under PCO were the indications of bad omen for the country and its people.
He said that Balochistan was already under dictatorial rule, violating human rights and making all extra-constitutional measures.
He said that the enforcement of emergency in the country was the destruction of all institutions and the nation and declared that his party would continue to struggle alongwith other democratic forces, lawyers and human rights organisations for the restoration of democracy and Constitution in its original form.
Balochistan National Party’s former MNA Abdur Rauf Mengal and ex-MPA Mohammad Akbar Mengal were also arrested in District Khuzdar and sent to jail.
He said that General Musharraf imposed himself on the nation as illegal and unconstitutional President and the court was expectedly going against his nefarious designs.
He said that there was still time for the rulers to withdraw all their unconstitutional and illegal measures and the army should go to barracks and intelligence agencies should stop to interfere into political affairs of the country while Parliament should be full empowered after free and fair general elections under an interim govt comprising those judges who refused to take oath under PCO for prosperous Pakistan.
National party leader Jan Mohammad Buledi said that the proclamation of emergency was in fact to suppress political forces and judiciary in the country. He said that the illegal and unconstitutional rulers wanted to prolong their misrule in the country. He said that what reasons mentioned for proclamation of emergency, had been prevailing in the country for the last many years.
He said that the political and democratic forces would not accept the emergency and would raise strong voice against it along with civil society.
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