Talking to PTI on constitutional amendments a waste of time: Azma

LAHORE:Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari has said that a consensus on Constitutional amendments is good but engaging with the PTI was a waste of time. Imran Khan spent 45 minutes scolding PTI delegation when they went to discuss Constitutional amendments. She pointed out that even PTI members are fed up with the Imran’s anti-state activities.

She emphasised that the country’s administrative and state matters operate under the Constitution and laws created by Parliament. No institution, other than Parliament, has the authority to interpret the Constitution at will. She stressed that judicial reforms are urgently needed in the current era and that the establishment of a constitutional court is being implemented according to the Charter of Democracy.

Azma Bokhari added that the Constitutional amendments are taking place under the framework established by Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto’s Charter of Democracy. She mentioned that the founder of PTI is seeking an NRO in exchange for Constitutional amendments, which would not be granted. Despite spending a year in jail, the mindset of the leader of the ‘Fitna Party’ did not change. She concluded that drinking coconut and beetroot juice in jail doesn’t lead to a revolution, and the founder of PTI wishes for another incident like May 9, which will not be allowed to happen again. The SC’s role is just to issue decisions, not clarifications.