State Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb said that the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had exhibited exceptional veneration for law and the Constitution and set a new example for strengthening the state institution by appearing before the Ehtesab Court adding that the whole country was witness as to who was upholding the law and the Constitution in spite of grave reservations and who was tendering apology after threatening, deriding and abusing the state institutions.
In a statement issued here Tuesday, the minister said that Nawaz Sharif despite enjoying all legal rights, practically demonstrated his respect for law, Constitution and the state institutions and did not try to avoid them by making excuses of backache and mental stress. He not only faced the courts himself but also presented the whole family before the law, she added.
She posed a question as to which prime minister and his family had set such an example before this. Marriyum said that fair trial was the constitutional right of Nawaz Sharif and his family and the people of Pakistan who had elected him as prime minister with their vote wanted to see justice being done to him as well as his family.
The minister observed that the former prime minister had taken upon himself the responsibility of upholding the sanctity and safety of the vote of the people of Pakistan as the security of the country was inextricably linked to sanctity of their vote.