Zia move scorned
NZPA-Reuter Islamabad Leading Pakistani opposition politicians have ridiculed a partial revival of the country’s suspended constitution by the military ruler, General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq. He announced the revival on Sunday, but included amendments announced earlier this month that give him sweeping Presidential powers. He also said martial law and a ban on political parties would continue for the time being. “This is another fraud to hoodwink the people of Pakistan,” said the National Democratic Party’s Leader, Abdul Wali Khan. It would be a joke that martial law should continue parallel to a Parliament, which will open on March 23. "There can be no rule of law without fundamental rights and also no constitution in the presence of martial law,” he said. The opposition said that General Zia’s amendments demolished the Westerntype Parliamentary form of Government the suspended 1973 constitution envisioned. “It is a device to perpetuate martial law,” said the Tehrik-i-Istiqlal party’s leader, Air Marshal Muhammad Asghar Khan.
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