Law minister urges CJP to work with senior-most judges.

ISLAMABAD -- Law MinAAister Azam Nazeer Tarar said on Tuesday that the government would not dissolve the National Assembly to 'satisfy someone's ego' and asked the chief justice of Pakistan to take a decision on the matter of national importance in consultation with senior-most judges.

Talking to the media after a meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, newly appointed attorney general Mansoor Awan and senior lawyer Kamran Murtaza, Mr Tarar said there was no constitutional or legal crisis in Pakistan. 'There are only behavioural issues of some individuals,' he said.

The government, he said, was not afraid of polls but a mechanism to ensure a level playing field was necessary before that.

Earlier, speaking outside the court, he said election-related matters and the issues of national importance were...

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