MULTAN: Veteran politician Javed Hashmi has said Sheikh Rashid in his Wednesday’s press conference has just confirmed what he has been saying since 2014 sit-in about a plan to impose “judicial martial law” in the country.

Talking to the media here on Thursday, Hashmi said as per his earlier warnings a “judicial martial law” was under way and it was nothing new. He said the judiciary had never been independent in the country. He said Sheikh Rashid never did his own politics and had always taken directions from “others”.

He said Senate polls had exposed everyone. “The majority was converted into minority. Horse-trading was resorted to and the one who was having 30 votes got 45 votes,” he said, demanding the Supreme Court should probe the Senate poll. He said the next general elections should be held on time.

Published in Dawn, March 23rd, 2018