Federal Minister for Climate Change Mushahidullah Khan on Sunday said that the nation had given the decision in favour of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and now other institutions should also consider it. He was talking to the media outside the residence of Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Tariq Mehmood Gill here. He said that the Parliament is the supreme institution of the country. And if it is not supreme, then which institution will be supreme? he asked.
He said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman had once said that now judicial coup would happen, adding that snubbing parliament was illegal. He said that the public verdict should be accepted, "And if they are not happy, then no decision should be imposed on them". Mushahid said that Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani had discussed the issue of strong democracy and institutions and the PML-N accepted the verdict of Supreme Court by implementing it in only a few minutes.
He said that a vital democracy would ensure respect for the forces and courts. The minister said that conspiracies could be made at international level from time to time. He said that in fact some foreign think-tanks wanted to weaken the country especially when three continents are being linked through China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects.
"Pakistan is the only nuclear power which is hard to digest for the world," he added. "The world considers Nawaz as responsible for a nuclear Pakistan," he said. "Giving Pakistan a nuclear status is our crime in the eyes of the outside world," he added. He said that economic system was being changed as CPEC was not acceptable to some international powers. "Pakistan is the main player in CPEC," he said and added that all conspiracies would be foiled against Pakistan. He said the former president Pervez Musharraf had spoiled situation in Balochistan by killing Nawab Akbar Bugti, while Nawaz Sharif set the situation right through his political wisdom.
"Nawaz also played role in restoration of peace in Karachi," he added. Mushahid alleged that Imran Khan and Dr Tahir ul Qadri were tools of foreign forces and people knew it well that they were enemies of the nation and the country. He said that he was a witness to rallies of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain and Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto, but no rally could be compared with the rally of Nawaz Sharif as it was bigger than all those rallies.