ISLAMABAD: Senators from the center’s ruling coalition parties have urged the court to show moderation and respect for elected officials when summoning and threatening contempt against high-ranking officials.
Speaking to the parliament’s upper house on Wednesday, Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar asserted that the country’s people wrote the Constitution, which serves as the foundation for all other institutions, making the parliament the highest institution.
In addition, he demanded an end to institutional meddling, citing the Constitution’s mandate that all institutions operate within their designated areas.
He went on, “Those Constitutional institutions that are meddling must not interfere [into the domain of the other institutions].”
According to the law minister, using the contempt of notice powers as a “weapon” against politicians is not appropriate.
“Some [parliamentarians] believe that if they are summoned [by courts], then they should also summon them,” he said, echoing the opinions of his colleagues.
Tarar, though, stated that he thought caution should be used.
In order to draw lessons from the past, the law minister stated that self-accountability was necessary.
