"Main Nahi Samajta Constitutional Court Kay khilaf Hongay..." Farooq H. Naik's Statement

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"Main Nahi Samajta Constitutional Court Kay khilaf Hongay..." Farooq H. Naik's Statement

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00:00It has become an explosive environment.

00:02If we look at our political environment,

00:05the way our country used to run its politics was like this before as well.

00:09There were interests, political interests, power politics,

00:14alliances, troikas.

00:15Someone was doing something with someone, someone was doing something against someone.

00:19Now, it seems to be completely over.

00:22In this country, if there was a little bit of law, law, morality,

00:28and some people used to stand with it,

00:30it seems that these things are slowly coming out of our politics.

00:34Look at the Parliament, the Election Commission of Pakistan,

00:38your Supreme Court, and the other bodies.

00:42Now, there used to be a fiasco before,

00:46of democracy, of good decisions.

00:50It is now coming to an end to some extent.

00:53The fight between the Supreme Court and Pakistan,

00:55the letters they are writing, and the way the law is being made and used,

01:00those gloves are off now.

01:01The Election Commission of Pakistan has never acted on the Supreme Court's decision,

01:05because of politics.

01:06And the Parliament still says not to do it because of politics.

01:09But there is going to be a constitutional amendment,

01:11in which it seems that the government will be ready to collect two-thirds majority.

01:17I don't know how this will happen.

01:18Will Maulana Sahib go with him or not?

01:20We have Rauf Qalasar Sahib with us.

01:22All of them are sitting with Maulana Sahib for two hours.

01:25So, he will tell you what we heard there and what the JUIF will do there.

01:29But I will start.

01:31Farooq Naik Sahib is with us.

01:34Obviously, his introduction is from People's Party.

01:38He is obviously one of the senior leaders.

01:42He has also been the former chairman of the Senate in Pakistan.

01:48I am sorry.

01:49Is he with us?

01:51Farooq Naik Sahib is with us.

01:53Farooq Sahib.

01:54Naik Sahib, Assalam-o-Alaikum.

01:55Assalam-o-Alaikum.

01:57Alhamdulillah, sir.

01:58He is the vice chairman of the Pakistan Bar Council.

02:00Someone said something in my ear.

02:01I forgot to complete it.

02:03Sir, tell us.

02:03First of all,

02:05we will go into what Maulana Sahib is thinking.

02:07Obviously, the JUIF is the reason why the constitutional amendment has not happened yet.

02:15But the biggest problem was that it was based on two or three things.

02:18Sir, first of all,

02:20you are going to make a constitutional amendment.

02:21Bilawal Sahib has taken on the responsibility of marketing it.

02:24And it seems that he is marketing the People's Party.

02:26But there are two or three questions.

02:28Who will be its chief justice, sir?

02:30Have you made this decision?

02:33Look,

02:34Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim.

02:36Neither I nor the Pakistan People's Party have to make this decision.

02:40This decision has to be made by the parliament.

02:43Look, there are three pillars in this country.

02:45There is the parliament, the judiciary, and the executive.

02:49The parliament's job is to make laws.

02:51To make laws.

02:53And if those laws are against the constitution,

02:57their basic structure is against the constitution,

03:00against fundamental rights,

03:02then the judiciary has the power,

03:03the Supreme Court has the power to declare it null and void.

03:08This is the theory of separation of power.

03:10And we can also call it checks and balances.

03:13The government's job is to interpret the laws.

03:16The law will be interpreted by the Supreme Court.

03:20And the Supreme Court is the guardian of the constitution.

03:27The government's job is to implement and make policies.

03:31The current situation is a hostile situation

03:37both in the Supreme Court and in the parliament.

03:41I think that for the defense of the country,

03:43for the democracy, for the rule of law...

03:47Sir, but you have already made it hostile.

03:50Hostility comes from outside.

03:54Listen, sir, all these institutions should use a restrained policy.

04:00Until this is not done, I think,

04:02we are going against our country's survival.

04:06As far as the constitutional package is concerned,

04:08which you just mentioned in your words,

04:12it has not yet been passed.

04:14There are countless doubts in it.

04:17But there is also a doubt that

04:19a constitutional court should be made in this country.

04:22The constitutional court is being made because,

04:25number one, the COD that was signed in 2006,

04:30between Nawaz Sharif and Respected Martyr Benazir Bhutto,

04:34there is a constitutional court...

04:35Sir, but wait a minute.

04:36Sir, if I may,

04:38today we were sitting with Maulana Sahib.

04:40Maulana Sahib agreed to one thing.

04:42Look, what you are calling a constitutional court,

04:45in principle, we agree with you that

04:47this is a part of the Charter of Democracy,

04:48of your manifesto.

04:49But I asked Maulana Sahib this question.

04:52I said, sir, the way we heard things in the last two months,

04:56first it was said that the Chief Justice should be tenured for three years.

04:58Then it was said that he should be made 68 years old.

05:00Then it was said that a judge should be selected from the top five,

05:03who can be made the Chief Justice.

05:05After that, the constitutional court.

05:06It seems that to keep someone as the Chief Justice,

05:10and to stop someone, all this is happening.

05:12This is not a part of any manifesto,

05:14or any larger...

05:16that we want to follow the principles.

05:18And Maulana Sahib agreed to this.

05:21Look, brother, the thing is that

05:23when a document comes into existence,

05:27when there are amendments,

05:28then there are discussions.

05:30But in the discussions,

05:32many good things also come,

05:33many bad things also come.

05:35This does not mean that a final decision is made.

05:38A final decision is made

05:40when all the people agree on it,

05:43that this thing should be done under the constitution,

05:45or under the law.

05:47And I think that a final decision has not been made yet.

05:51Because I am telling you this

05:53when the Pakistan Bar Council

05:55and all the bar councils

05:56had a convention a few days ago,

05:58in which I also participated,

06:00the Vice Chairman of the Pakistan Bar Council.

06:02I gave this suggestion,

06:04that this constitutional package should be opened.

06:07Absolutely.

06:08It should not be kept secret.

06:09Sir, but today it was opened in front of us, Farooq Naik sahib.

06:13No, listen to me.

06:14The issue is with the People's Party.

06:15How did you give the amendment in Article 8?

06:19Sir, listen to me.

06:20Basic fundamental rights.

06:21You can pick anyone from anywhere,

06:22it won't make any difference to anyone.

06:23Who has done it?

06:24Look, that day the law minister

06:28officially gave us the draft of the constitutional amendments.

06:33Even today, the executive committee of the Pakistan Bar Council

06:37has been debating on this for 3-4 hours.

06:41And we have proposed unexpected amendments

06:44in this constitutional package,

06:47which, God willing,

06:49on 2nd, we will finalize it

06:51and send our amendments to the law minister.

06:54Now, as long as it is our duty,

06:57we are also a stakeholder as Vukla.

07:00Vukla's association in Pakistan.

07:01Sir, but your stake is something else,

07:02and Muneer-e-Malik-type Vukla's stake is something else.

07:04You are with him.

07:05He says, we will run the movement.

07:07Look, running the movement is something else,

07:10but I don't think,

07:11I don't think Muneer-e-Malik sahib

07:13will be against the constitutional court.

07:16Look, why is the constitutional court being made?

07:18Think with a cool heart.

07:20It is the Supreme Court.

07:21Absolutely, the Supreme Court is the appellate court.

07:23At the moment, the Supreme Court

07:25is also an appellate court

07:27for criminal and civil cases

07:29as well as constitutional cases.

07:31Most of the time,

07:33the cases that are less,

07:34the political, less constitutional matters

07:36are taken care of.

07:38Sir, that is not 90%.

07:39Sir, let me ask the question directly.

07:41Sir, listen to me.

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