Senator belonging to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Nehal Hashmi has relinquished his seat in the House after Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif took notice of his threatening speech against officials of Panama Leaks Joint Investigation Team (JIT) and the judiciary.
Hashmi was summoned to the Prime Minister House following his attacking speech and reportedly, Special Assistant to PM on Political Affairs, Asif Kirmani convened a meeting with the senior member of the party to convey premier’s reservations.
PML-N’s senator was served show-cause notice for the speech and according to state minister for information and broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb, the PM had sought a senatorial resignation off him.
“We will make this land (Pakistan) narrow for you and your children. You are now in service, but will retire one day. We will not leave you then,” the senator had warned in his speech that the party leadership has taken objection to.
Hashmi also threatened Imran Khan and said: “The nation will also make this land narrow for those who live in Bani Gala.”
Aggressive speech of the senator came in after Hussain Nawaz, premier’s son was summoned by the JIT for two consecutive days. Nawaz had left the JIT headquarters on Tuesday after spending at least 05:30 hours during which he recorded statement over family’s assets and answered committee s questions over alleged stashed wealth.
Hashmi’s speech today has received him flak from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the party had sought action against him by interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan.
On the other hand, Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) has served Hashmi a notice for contempt of court and formed a three-member bench to hear the case.
The bench headed by Justice Ijaz Afzal will hear the case at 01:00pm on Thursday.
