PM's disqualification fallout must be feared.

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Wednesday said that the consequences of the possible disqualification of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif should be "feared". "Fear the time [when such a situation comes to pass]. I am saying this as a political worker to let go of emotions, anger, stubbornness and ego. No one knows what will happen then," he said, adding, "What will become of the country [...] in this chaos?" he said during an interview with a private TV channel, when asked whether the government could send the chief justice of Pakistan packing if the premier was disqualified. Given the situation, Ashraf was asked whether the imposition of martial law was a possibility, to which he replied, "Anything can happen." "I believe that the country is being taken to a point where even martial would be of no effect [...]," he said.

He added there was a "fight of egos and stubbornness" going on in the country, which was facing chaos, confusion, uncertainty and division. These factors, Ashraf continued, led to destruction...