PMLN.

It was bad optics for PMNL to nominate Hamza Shahbaz as CM Punjab, just like the choice of reappointing Ishak Dar as Finance Minister. In a democracy, there is no place for ruling families, nor for cults and fascism. Individuals holding elected constitutional offices can only serve, as long as they enjoy the support of majority members in parliament, and can be removed if they fail to hold numerical strength. A PM can be removed through a vote of no confidence. This is what the Constitution of Pakistan states and this is what is the law. No individual seeking elected public office can claim this as his/ her divine right to rule. In Islam, individual sovereignty is solely the divine domain of Almighty Allah SWT, and not of any individual. It is because of that collective wisdom of the chosen representatives, as is the practice in true parliamentary democracy, that has more in common with the Islamic system of governance and jurisprudence. When an elected PM fails...

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