“Pakistan’s Constitution has been violated. They did not hold the elections [in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa].

“These caretaker governments are now illegal, all their orders are illegal.

“So Pakistan is now being run on the [basis of] doctrine of necessity.”

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Pension reforms
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