Published: March 20, 2010

RAIWIND: Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Nawaz Sharif Saturday said any more delay in the abolishment of the 17th amendment is intolerable.

He was talking to a 13-member delegation of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) at Raiwind.

Nawaz Sharif said the future of the country may be threatened if indifference is shown towards government policies and people’s problems.

“Politics of corruption, ineligibility and inaction will not be tolerated,” he asserted, adding, the appointment of judges in superior judiciary should be made in a transparent manner and according to merit. He stressed that these appointments should be made by the independent judicial commission and approval of the parliament and not by the government itself.

The PML-N Chief said the people who achieved the goal of judiciary’s independence should now stand together against corruption and inaction.

Emphasising the supremacy of the parliament, he said an individual should not discharge the government affairs but job should be done through mutual consultation.

President SCBA Qazi Anwar, on the occasion, said some forces are still at work in hatching conspiracies against the judiciary.

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