LAHORE: Minister for Privatization, Daniyal Aziz on Tuesday said that the strategy for initiating a grand national dialogue to ensure the supremacy of law and Constitution, would be finalised within a week.
“We are devising a communication strategy that is in final stages and the dialogue process will hopefully be initiated in a week,” he said while addressing a press conference.
The minister said that the domestic and international media, dignitaries and global legal bodies would be engaged in devising a way-forward strategy.
“CPNE, APNS, Pakistan Broadcasters Association and other organisations will have a role to play for the purpose,” he said.
The minister said that lawyer organisations, law educational institutions and bar associations would also be approached so that a strategy covering all legal aspects can be devised.
The grand dialogue aimed at devising a mechanism wherein all the constitutional entities of the country worked in their domains and the media would have the leading role in that regard, he added.
He said many people, including Mehmood Khan Achakzai, Aftab Ahmed Sherpao and Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, had already agreed to become part of the grand dialogue and the process was continuing.
“The objective is to ensure the supremacy of the Constitution and law so that no institution or individual could target any individual,” he added.
He said that there was a need for employment opportunities, low inflation, and country’s affairs to run smoothly without interference or lock down.
He said that Imran Khan and his associates were misleading people in the name of respect of law, but it was ironic that he himself was disrespecting the institutions.
He said Imran Khan has not appeared before the courts in several cases and was engaged in disrespecting the constitutional institutions. He (Imran) could not even produce evidence in the Supreme Court and the case of his associate Jahangir Tareen had been lingering for a year, he added.
The minister said that Nawaz Sharif not only presented himself before the court but also presented his whole family, which showed his respect for the constitutional institutions, he added.
He opined that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), which had been dead for long, was activated to victimize Nawaz Sharif. Some 179 cases involving public money of Rs 1,083 billion had been pending before the NAB, but it is questionable that all of those cases were neglected to vigorously pursue cases pertaining to Nawaz Sharif, he said.
He viewed that those who are elected by the people through vote must be respected, as otherwise, it would harm institutions.