Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Nisar Ali Khan on Tuesday said senior lawyers of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) contending the party’s petition against “memogate” in the Supreme Court were being threatened and asked to disassociate themselves from the case. “Our senior lawyers are being threatened of dire consequences for the last few days and asked to disassociate themselves from our petition. It means there are certain forces which do not want the apex court to proceed with the case and the government must take notice of the issue and expose the elements behind the threats,” Nisar said while addressing a press conference outside the Parliament House.
He also added that the political situation was getting worst and phones of the people were also being tapped. Nisar said it was decided by the Senate business advisory committee that the memo issue would be discussed in the Senate but prorogation of the Upper House without taking up the issue suggested that the government wanted to keep things covered up.
