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Summary Babar Awan says all must tolerate opposing views as Constitution allows freedom of speech.
The former law minister said this at a news conference after SC issued written order in the memo case. The SC in its order called for immediate reply of the President in the memo case and directed the Attorney General to take action against Babar Awan for taking a swipe at the apex court in an earlier news conference that was conducted after the SC had taken up the memo case.Undeterred by the Supreme Court’s resentment, Babar Awan again held a news conference. Alluding to the apex court, he said that all those who seek tickers by making statements should allow him to also run one or two tickers as the Constitution allows freedom of speech.Earlier, during the memo case hearing, the Chief Justice said that Babar Awan conducted a press conference against court orders on December 1 in which he, along with other ministers, ridiculed the apex court. The CJ said that the video of that press conference will be shown to all in the courtroom. Everyone used to speak against courts on television; the CJ asserted and vowed that nobody would be allowed to ridicule the court.He said that the law minister also spoke against the judiciary. He further said that Faisal Saleh Hayat, Marvi Mamon, Azam Swati and Khawaja Asif moved court against government’s irregularities. The CJ asked the attorney general about whether the press conference was government’s opinion. However, the attorney general denied and said that the conference was not the federation’s view. The chief justice asked the attorney general to submit this statement in writing and ordered to take action against the responsible for the said press conference.
