Kaira warns PM against disrespecting Senate

CHINIOT: PPP North Punjab President Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Sunday the prime minister should not bring Senate into disrepute.

While addressing a press conference here, he hit back at premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi for criticising Senate chairman and its newly elected members over horse-trading allegations. “The PM himself is buying votes,” alleged the PPP leader. Over the much-talked about meeting between Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar and the prime minister recently, Kaira remarked that the PM should share details of the meeting with the public.

“Why did you [PM] go to the chief justice, please tell us,” the PPP leader said, adding that the PM said that he went as a ‘faryadi’. “What faryaad [wish] did you share with the CJP?” The PPP leader said if the premier was so helpless, he should just resign. “There is a lot of confusion in the government. Nawaz wants to be the only one calling the shots.”

Criticising Nawaz Sharif, Kaira remarked that he (Nawaz) lied while speaking in the National Assembly about his assets. “Supreme Court’s verdict states that Nawaz Sharif is a liar.” The courts punish all those who break the law, Kaira added.