Times of Islamabad

National Assembly proceedings can’t be challenged in Supreme Court: Aitzaz Ahsan

National Assembly proceedings can’t be challenged in Supreme Court: Aitzaz Ahsan

*Islamabad: PPP leader Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan has said that the proceedingsof the Assembly can not be challenged in the Supreme Court, but if theno-confidence motion is deemed as a resolution then the Deputy Speakers’ruling can be overturned,*

Talking to ARY News exclusively, Aitzaz Ahsan said that if the motion of noconfidence was elevated to a resolution then the speaker did not have anyright to reject the motion. It’s up to the Supreme Court to decide if theruling was just or not, he added.

The Pakistan People Party veteran said that the government did not seemconstitutionally correct. It’s up to the Supreme Court to interpret thesituation and decide accordingly, he added.

Aitzaz Ahsan said that there has been a precedence of restoration ofassemblies by the Supreme Court. Nawaz Shareef’s government in 1993 wasrestored by 12 judges, five weeks after its dissolution by the country’sPresident, he recalled.

He added that the proceeding of the assembly is exempted from any legalaction but it is up to the Supreme Court’s prerogative to interpret thesituation.