PPP leader Babar Awan. – File Photo

ISLAMABAD: Senator Dr Babar Awan on Tuesday urged PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif to move the court for an action against a former dictator under Article-6 of the constitution.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif is roaming around in the Federal Capital with a number of petitions and he should move an application for initiation of proceedings under Article 6 against a former dictator, said Awan while talking to media in the Supreme Court building.

He said tracheotomy of power was well defined in the Constitution and Article 187 (2), explained the process and mechanism for implementation of Supreme Court directives.

To a question, he said he would comment on Supreme Court's order on non-implementation issue of its NRO decision, after going through it.

Awan said the Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had been elected unanimously and the people had to decide about qualifications and disqualifications.

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