CJP Justice Umer Atta Bandial has an advice for the Pakistani politicians
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Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Atta Bandial has remarked that politicians should have to make sacrifices in order to steer the country towards mature democracy while insisting on knowing how far the court could go to give its opinion on Article 63-A.
CJP link Bandial stated this while hearing the presidential reference link seeking interpretation of Article 63-A on Friday. He was heading a five-judge larger bench of the apex court which also comprised Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Mazhar Alam, Justice Muneeb Akhtar and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel.
During the hearing PML-N lawyer Makhdoom Ali Khan and PTI lawyer Ali Zafar gave their arguments.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Bandial remarked that it was court’s duty to answer all the constitutional questions but he wanted to know how far the court could go while giving its opinion on the interpretation of Article 63-A.
The top judge wondered whether the court was restricted to the questions asked in the reference link or it could deviate from it and could go further while giving its opinion on the said article.
