ISLAMABAD: Asma Jehangir, former president Supreme Court Bar
Association (SCBA) has said that she was opposed to the NRO but the
Supreme Court’s decision on NRO was not in line with the law and the
constitution.
Talking to reporters on Tuesday, she said there were several people involved in NRO.
She
went on to say that SC could do any thing at present. The institutions
should exercise restraint for the sake of nation, she added.
She
went on to say that Prime Minister (PM) Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani had
appointed Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan his counsel. The matter had reached
such a proportion that “our institutions will have to think about it
seriously for the cause of nation and survival of democracy, she
underlined.
She said former president Parvez Musharraf must be
sent to jail but those who joined hands with him should also be put to
trial. It would not be in the national interest if we remained buried in
the past, she added. Time has come we should think about survival of
the people rather than creating situation of clash among the
institutions, she stressed.
Islamabad should be made such a
capital from where people could hear message of peace rather than making
it a place of confrontation, she added. Online
