Parliament can't dictate Supreme Court: Parvez Elahi.

LAHORE -- The Pakistan Tehreek: e: Insaaf President Ch Parvez Elahi ThursAday said that the Parliament was supreme, but the government should know that the Supreme Court was also supreme.

'The Parliament cannot dicAtate the Supreme Court', he said while commenting on the legislation done by the ParliaAment to regulate certain affairs of the Supreme Court. While talking to party leaders here, Ch Parvez Elahi said that only the Supreme Court had the auAthority to interpret the ConstiAtution. 'The Supreme Court has declared several times that any malicious legislation done by the Parliament has no constituAtional standing', he maintained.

The PTI leader alleged that the PDM government was playing with national secuArity by stopping the elections. 'The world has so far found no other solution to end the political crisis except elecAtions', he added. Parvez Elahi further stated that the entire PDM leadership including...

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