by Press Trust of IndiaPakistan’s National Assembly on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution seeking setting up of a special committee to file a case against Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial in the Supreme Judicial Council. Supreme Judiciary.
According to the Express Tribune newspaper report, the house unanimously accepted the resolution moved by Dr. Shazia Sobia, leader of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
Speaking in the National Assembly, Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said that the time has come for the Parliament to play its constitutional role in this situation.
Asif demanded the constitution of a parliamentary committee to probe the judiciary’s undue support to former Prime Minister Imran Khan as well as send a reference to the Supreme Judicial Council under Article 209 of the Constitution on the matter.
“In the 75-year history of the country’s judiciary, there have been incidents that have had a profound impact on the country, but recently a group in the judiciary has started supporting a political group,” he said.
Asif said, “The time has come for Parliament to make a reference of misconduct to the Supreme Judicial Council under the right given by the Constitution and the law.”
On the attacks on the Corps Commander’s house in Lahore, a Rangers post in Karachi, the Army’s General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi and the PAF base in Mianwali, he said security was being provided to those who desecrated martyrs’ memorials. ,
He said that on the instructions of his leadership, Khan’s violent supporters had attacked Jinnah House, which was a shameful act as the building was the country’s national heritage.
PML-N party vice president Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Monday demanded Chief Justice Bandyal’s resignation and blamed him for the “anarchy” and “crisis” in the country as she joined the ruling coalition’s sit-in outside the Supreme Court. The court opposed some of the recent judgements, in which it said that former Prime Minister Khan has got complete relief.
Khan was on Friday granted bail by a three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Bandial, accused by the National Accountability Bureau of accepting millions of dollars in property in return for providing favors to a real estate tycoon.
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