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Tareen has quit in dignified manner

Published December 18, 2017 Updated December 18, 2017 12:00am

Unlike Nawaz Sharif, Jahangir Tareen has not said "mujhay kion nikala". In his letter to party chairman, Tareen tendered his resignation, saying, "the Supreme Court of Pakistan has disqualified me on an interpretation of a legal term. It is disappointing that the country's highest taxpaying parliamentarian stands disqualified on a flimsy technical ground but since the highest court of Pakistan has concluded that I am not qualified to continue as a member of the Parliament, I bow my head in compliance with that order."
The question is: Isn't Tareen speaking from a position of moral authority or superiority? It is about time that Nawaz Sharif stop his criticism of higher judiciary and armed forces.