The outspoken and loud spokesman Law Minister Punjab Rana Sanaullah keeps on thriving on controversies. Be it his alleged cordial entente with defunct groups or his long running tiff with the late Governor Taseer, he remains at the centre of controversies. However, recently he has gone too far by giving a fatwa declaring Babar Awan wajib-ul-qatal. Mr Sana has defended himself by saying that he only repeated the words of some lawyers, an excuse which is too lame and unacceptable in the dangerous time we live in. This has brought a barrage of censure against him all over Pakistan, especially from the political fraternity, and the Senate has rightly passed a resolution condemning such irresponsible statements.
This is not for the first time that the Punjab law minister’s tongue has slipped, though this time it has crossed all bounds. However, Rana’s leadership hasn’t bothered to take notice of it and has turned a deaf ear to such irresponsibility. Keeping his personal grudge to himself would be absolutely essential for him to live up to the dignity and status associated with his office. Keeping in view the fate of the late Mr Taseer and being cognizant of growing extremist trends in our society, it is high time that the leadership of Rana Sanaullah took stern action with regards to the sheer irresponsibility perpetrated by a key man in their fold.
TASSAWUR BOSAL
Mandi Bahauddin