Asking all state institutions to work within their constitutional limits, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani announced on Thursday that he would appear in the Supreme Court on February 13 to face contempt of court proceedings.
“I was summoned earlier and I appeared before the court… now the court has summoned me again and I will appear before it,” he said during his address in the National Assembly. He said if all institutions worked within their ambit defined in the Constitution of 1973, they would earn no criticism. Responding to Opposition Leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan’s concerns over the 20th Constitutional Amendment, Prime Minister Gilani said the government was trying to strengthen all institutions. He said the government would welcome the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)’s recommendations for the 20th Amendment. He also said all state institutions were answerable to parliament.
On the recent increase in prices of petroleum products, the premier said a select committee of the House should be formed to have negotiations with Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh.
I went to SC before, I’ll go again: PM
