ISLAMABAD:
Senator Faisal Vawda emphatically declared on Thursday that insulting those who defend the country’s borders was absolutely unacceptable.
Expressing his views after being sworn in the upper house, Vawda expressed his gratitude to his parents, the PML-N and the PPP for their support in his journey to become a senator.
He called for formulating rules in the Senate and emphasised the importance of ceasing disrespectful behaviour to others.
“Unless this system is changed, and 6 represented as 9 and 9 as 6, Pakistan will not progress,” he said metaphorically.
Vawda noted that the judiciary ranked 149th in the world because of the current prevailing “system”.
“If an affidavit applies to me, it will also apply to all judges and generals in Pakistan. If it is not currently applicable, we will ensure its application,” he said.
“We cannot move [forward] unless our system changes. Neither worker, nor leader or production order will be of any use unless the system is changed.”
He further questioned the “unlawful” marriage case against the PTI founder.
Vawda recalled that he was called to appear before the courts in the “name of law” when his mother was on the deathbed.
He questioned the hanging of PPP founder Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, saying after years they came to know who the “culprit” was behind the execution.
“Zardari saab was kept in jail for years. Under which law Nawaz Sharif and PTI founder’s governments were overthrown?” he asked. “Who will pay for the losses in Reko Diq [case]?”
Vawda said the country had suffered much, adding that they would “formulate laws and get it implemented”.
“[We] will not allow anyone to issue the certificate of sadiq (truthful) and ameen (righteous) from outside.”
Vawda maintained that it was his first day in the upper house, adding that he would not like to name people who were “playing on multiple fronts”. He called for exposing such individuals.
