Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) President and Jamat-e-Islami (JI) Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmad has demanded the Saudi government explain why it “detained” former premier Nawaz Sharif in Saudi Arabia despite the Supreme Court (SC) decision allowing Nawaz to return to Pakistan, adding that it amounted to “disrespect to the holy land”. A statement issued from Mansoora quoted Qazi as saying that depriving a citizen of his rights was unconstitutional. “The government should not stop the movement for the supremacy of the Constitution and setting up a democratic government,” he said. He said transparent elections were not possible with President General Pervez Musharraf in power, adding that Nawaz’s deportation was pre-poll rigging. The JI amir said the 160 million people were the real source of politicians’ power, not the SC and the people would continue their struggle for democracy. He said the “judiciary’s independence had become a question mark”.