SC verdict opened door to intervention in Constitution: Punjab Assembly

LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmed Khan regrets that a Supreme Court verdict opened the door to intervention in the Constitution and the door now seems difficult to shut.

“We don’t wish to interfere with the powers of any institution but the parliament has the right of oversight [of the working of all institutions]. A Supreme Court verdict in the past made such an intervention in the Constitution that it appears difficult to close this door,” he said, apparently...