ISLAMABAD: A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday seekingcancellation of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) orders that allowed issuanceof production orders for Shehbaz Sharif and Khawaja Saad Rafique to attendNational Assembly sessions.
The two Pakistan Mulsim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders are currently inNational Accountability Bureau’s custody over corruption charges.
The petitioner, Advocate Riaz Hanif Rahi, argued that issuing productionorder of a suspect was tantamount to violation of law and the Constitution.According to him, the NA sessions were being marred by controversies eversince the suspects had been allowed to attend its proceedings.
Issuing production orders of a person facing criminal investigation inaccordance with National Assembly’s rule of business number 108 wascontrary to the Article 67 of the Constitution, read the petition. “Thisraises questions over legal standing of rule 108,” it added.
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Making Shehbaz and Rafique respondents in the case, Rahi appealed the apexcourt to declare the IHC verdict null and void.
