Vowing to “expose the nexus between former chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) over alleged poll rigging,” Central Information Secretary of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Dr Shireen Mazari on Thursday termed the former top judge of the country an “opening batsman” of the ruling party.
Mazari’s statement came after Iftikhar Chaudhry sent a defamation notice worth Rs 20 billion to PTI Chairman Imran Khan for attempting to disparage and malign the superior judiciary.
Mazari said her party welcomes this opportunity to “expose the nexus between the ex-CJ and the PML-N”.
“This is what derailed democracy. PTI intends to restore and strengthen democracy by exposing this planned mass rigging on August 14 through its Azadi March,” she added.
The PTI stalwart said the legal notice, apparently sent to the party chairman, was yet to be received. However, she made it clear that there was ‘no way’ the PTI and its chairman would back down.
Mazari reiterated her party’s resolve to go ahead with the August 14 march on Islamabad despite all ‘tactics’ by the ruling party.
