Supporters of ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf shout slogans during an anti-US protest in Peshawar, Pakistan
Pakistan Chief Justice Omar Ata Bandiyal on Sunday said that all orders and actions initiated by the prime minister and the president regarding the dissolution of the National Assembly will be subject to court orders as he adjourned the hearing of the high-profile case for a day. was postponed. ,
President of Pakistan Arif Alvi earlier. The National Assembly (NA) was dissolved on the advice of Prime Minister Imran KhanMinutes after deputy speaker Qasim Suri blocked a no-confidence motion against the beleaguered premier.
Chief Justice Omar Ata Bandiyal took cognizance of the situation and a three-judge bench held preliminary hearings despite the weekend and issued notices to all the respondents, including President Alvi and the NA vice-president.
The court ordered all the parties to refrain from taking any unconstitutional step and adjourned the hearing till Monday.
Chief Justice Bandiyal said that all orders and actions initiated by the Prime Minister and the President in relation to the dissolution of the NA shall be subject to the orders of the court.
Earlier, the opposition had sought the apex court’s intervention and Leader of Opposition in Parliament Shahbaz Sharif announced his party’s decision to challenge the dissolution of the NA.
“We are going to challenge the Deputy Speaker’s decision and the Prime Minister’s advice in the Supreme Court,” he said.
Supreme Court Bar President Ahsan Bhun said the actions of the Prime Minister and the Deputy Speaker were against the Constitution and “they should be tried for treason under Article 6 of the Constitution.”
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has also filed a petition asking the court to dissolve the parliament as well as declare the deputy speaker’s decision unconstitutional.
Crisis erupted after Suri’s no-confidence motion was virtually killed, prompting Prime Minister Khan to send an advice to the country’s president to dissolve parliament, which he could not do until a no-confidence vote resulted.
Joint The opposition had filed a no-confidence motion On March 8, setting off a set of events leading up to polling day.
The political position was in the opposition’s favor until Khan came up with the notion of a conspiracy by the US to oust him from power in order to pursue an independent foreign policy on Ukraine.
Prominent constitutional counsel Salman Akram Raja said that “the Premier’s advice for the entire purchase by the Deputy Speaker and the dissolution of the Assembly was unconstitutional”.
He said that the entire dispute will be decided by the Supreme Court. “The core issue is determining the validity of the decision by the deputy speaker. If the apex court says that the decision is in accordance with the laws, then the advice of the prime minister will also be in accordance with the law,” he said.
Raja said the illegality of the ruling would also make the advice illegal as the prime minister cannot advise the assembly after a no-confidence motion is moved against him in Parliament.
Eminent Indian lawyer and former minister Abhishek Manu Singhvi said Prime Minister Khan’s move was “constitutionally wrong”.
“No DEP SPR has the power in any common law system to reject the motion of no confidence at 2 Natal sec! Just no jurisdiction (2) sc probable 2 strike down and direct fresh no confidence tamarind (3) sc CG Umar Bandiyal, 2m in Cambridge, Bats Strait (4) Dissolution by Imran is also unacceptable as no PM can already dissolve minority and such advice is not binding (5) CG #Bandiyal, with whom I am 4 Wasn’t in touch for decades, struck me as calm, balanced, knowledgeable and unsettled. So likely to strike,” he tweeted, listing some of the key points on the issue.
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