Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday submitted with the Supreme Court that Babar Awan’s press conference held on December 1 was the stance of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
The Attorney General of Pakistan the submitted reply on behalf of the prime minister on the Supreme Court’s direction regarding the government’s stance on Awan’s press conference in which he stated that “The prime minister has highest regards for the honourable judiciary and has been striving throughout his political life for independence of the judiciary. The first step performed by him as prime minister was to order the release of detained honourable judges and thereafter to restore them.” The statement said the prime minister was of the view that in the press conference, the stance of the party was expressed in historical perspective and was not at all intended to ridicule the judiciary. “The prime minister has instructed me to assure the court that his government believes in supremacy of constitution and rule of law and will always stand firmly for the same,” the attorney general said in the statement. The SC on December 19 had taken notice of a press conference held by former law minister Babar Awan on December 1 after the its order to form a one-member commission to probe the memo scandal.
