Calling the formation of the five-member commission to probe into the Abbottabad incident a unilateral move of the government, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said such “unilateralism will promote anarchy” in the country. “Parliament’s joint resolution deserves high respect and demands being followed in true letter and spirit, but Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and President Asif Ali Zardari constituted the commission at their own without meeting the parameters laid down by parliamentarians in unanimity,” Nawaz said at the residence of Navy Lt Yasir Abbass, who embraced martyrdom in the PNS Mehran base attack.
Showing reservations over the formation of the commission, Nawaz said it was clearly mentioned in the resolution that the commission would be formed in consultation between the prime minister and Opposition Leader Nisar Ali Khan. “All terms of reference and contents of the composition necessary for the commission’s formation were smothered and the commission was formed without consulting the PML-N, which is a humiliation of the joint resolution of parliament,” Nawaz said.
Calling the decision “disgusting”, he said the nominees would not have excused from becoming members of the commission had the body been formed according to guidelines set under the parliament’s joint resolution.Nisar even proposed names for the commission in a letter to Gilani, but the government did not bother to reply, Nawaz said. “I am taking the issue very seriously, as government’s policies are leading towards national suicide,” he added.
He criticised the navy chief for saying that the PNS Mehran base attack was not a security lapse, and called for forming probe commissions on the PNS Mehran and GHQ terror attacks.
Nawaz Sharif says government’s unilateralism will lead to anarchy
