SC cannot dictate the timetable of NA under Article 69, PTI review petition in SC
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PTI Secretary-General Asad Umar, Adviser to Prime Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan, and advocate Muhammad Azhar Siddique have filed the review petition in the Supreme Court urging the top court to revoke its April 7 decision.
"The Supreme Court cannot dictate the timetable to the National Assembly under Article 69," the petition said, as the government tries to avoid being ousted.
In line with the top court's decision, the National Assembly session to vote on the no-confidence motion had been called today at 10:30am.
The court's historic order read: "In consequence of the foregoing, it is declared that at all material times the Prime Minister was under the bar imposed by the Explanation to clause (1) of Article 58 of the Constitution and continues to remain so restricted. He could not, therefore, have at any time advised the President to dissolve the Assembly as contemplated by clause (1) of Article 58."
