PM welcomes CJ’s statement; says `journey towards truth is a journey towards Naya Pakistan’

ISLAMABAD, Mar 5 (APP):Prime Minister Imran Khan welcoming the statement of Chief Justice of Pakistan on punishing those who give false testimony Tuesday said that journey towards truth was a `journey towards Naya Pakistan’.
“I welcome CJ’s statement on punishing those who give false testimony. Journey towards truth is a journey towards Naya Pakistan”, the Prime Minister said in a tweet posted on his social media handle.
“Nations become great because they have a higher value system. Muslim civilizations’ foundation was State of Medina with truthfulness as the core value”, he added in the tweet.The Prime Minister’s tweet came after Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khan Khosa on Monday expressed serious concern over the false testimony and said that life imprisonment must be awarded to those who give false testimony as per law.
While referring to the case of false testimony of Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Khizar Hayat to the Sessions Court Narowal, the Chief Justice said, “From onward we are going to start a journey against false testimony and staring from this witness (Khizar) who lied. All witnesses should know that even if a small portion of testimony is based on lie, it will be rejected.”