KARACHI: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani on Saturday said that every institution of the country should work in accordance with the constitutional limits.
“Constitution should be supreme over all the institutions and should be respected,” Rabbani told reporters after addressing a seminar at the National Institute of Management. He advised state institutions not to interfere in each other’s domains.
Rabbani said that unconstitutional moves will hinder the implementation of the 18th Amendment and it was because of this that “currently nothing is going right in the country”.
He commented that the 18th Amendment stood as a barrier against martial law in the country and that it was unfortunate that a military dictator General Pervez Musharraf ran away from the country and the state could not bring him to justice.
Four of the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah are on provincial autonomy and hence the rights of the provinces should be respected, added the Senate chairman.
He further said that it was essential for the country that general elections were held on time.
When a journalist asked for his comments on the accountability hearings of the Sharif family, Rabbani said that he cannot comment on the matter because of his position as Senate chairman.