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Respect for Parliament? Do VIP Criminals Want Complete Immunity for Committing Crimes, Corruption and Human Rights Violations?

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  • Yunis Khushi

    (Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, Pakistan)

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Sanctity of vote, respect and dignity of parliament, dignity and respect of elected members and other related issues have become central and extremely hot topics of debates in media since the disqualification of Mian Nawaz Sharif as Prime Minister as well as politician and chairman of Muslim League N for rest of his life. The questions that need to be answered are: Have the current or the previous Parliaments been true representatives of the people of Pakistan? If not, then why respect such a parliament, which has not worked as representative of the people? Should white collar VIP criminals continue to enjoy complete freedom to loot the national wealth? Should so called elected representatives be given total and complete immunity from being answerable to courts of law for crimes they commit? Why should people of Pakistan give respect to the so-called elected representatives who do not work for the interests of the masses and long-term interests of the country? Why should people respect such representatives who enjoy best state facilities and loot national wealth and invest it abroad i.e.

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  • Yunis Khushi, 2018. "Respect for Parliament? Do VIP Criminals Want Complete Immunity for Committing Crimes, Corruption and Human Rights Violations?," Annals of Social Sciences & Management studies, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 1(5), pages 106-107, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:oajasm:v:1:y:2018:i:5:p:106-107
    DOI: 10.19080/ASM.2018.01.555575
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    juniper publishers; social sciences journals; social anthropology; social policy; journal of social science; social and political science journals; journal of social science; open access; juniper publishers reivew;
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