Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday Accused the Judiciary of having “Double Standards”

 Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday accused the judiciary of having “double standards” with their treatment of different political parties.

A day after the Supreme Court overturned Dost Muhammad Mazari's decision to dismiss his son and fellow PML-N leader Hamza Shehbaz as the province's chief minister, the prime minister criticised the judiciary.

Shehbaz asked "when the truth will be told, if not now" while speaking to a National Assembly (NA) session and stated that while he respected the courts, he was also an elected representative.

I want to know if there was ever a moment when the chief justice took suo motu [notices] day and night. When the courts summon, I believe we should respond politely. But if you must make a choice, do so on the basis of fairness and truth. That cannot take place.

He reiterated that he greatly respected the judiciary and was only talking about “double standards”, adding that it was his right to do so as an elected representative of the people.

The prime minister said that during the previous PTI government’s tenure “no one took notice” of various scandals such wheat and sugar crisis, the violation of its agreement with the International Monetary Fund as well as irregularities in the Peshawar BRT project.

“Who planned to attack this parliament in 2014, who hung dirty clothes on the building of the Supreme Court, who asked the public to set fire to electricity bills … no one took notice, everyone was quiet.”

PM Shehbaz posited the question that how long could such “double standards continue”.