National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza on Monday said the Supreme Court had the right to interpret the constitution, adding that Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani should not have said that he would only listen to the NA speaker.
Speaking to noted TV anchor Hamid Mir on his programme ‘Capital Talk’, the NA speaker did not comment when asked whether the reference against the prime minister would be sent to the Election Commission.
She said the focus of the entire world was on Pakistan as it was going through a difficult time.
“Our focus should be to ensure that democracy
continues and prospers instead of taking steps that illustrate otherwise.” Earlier, Dr Fehmida has constituted a special committee on missing persons and a notification to this effect was issued by the NA Secretariat on Monday.
The speaker constituted the special committee in pursuance of the resolution adopted by the NA on March 14.
The special committee has been mandated to investigate the issue of missing persons.
