ISLAMABAD: Maryam Nawaz in response to Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal’s “he will resign rather than being a puppet minister” statement tweeted, “Elected representatives should not resign in protest. Nothing weakens democracy as resignations of elected representatives.”
No elected representative should ever resign in protest. Nothing weakens democracy as resignations of elected representatives.
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) October 2, 2017
Maryam made this tweet after Ahsan Iqbal reacted to the deployment of Rangers without the interior ministry’s permission and was barred from entering the accountability court where former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s hearing was underway.
“They’re supposed to work under the command of the civil administration. If Rangers have refused to observe orders, a high-level enquiry will be held and we will see who has challenged the writ of the government,” he said. “A force that is subordinate to me has to follow my orders. There cannot be two states [within a state].”
He said the commissioner had made special arrangements for those who wanted to attend the hearing as space is limited.
Iqbal, who is the head of paramilitary forces, including Rangers, was accompanied by State Interior Minister Talal Chaudhry and others.
