ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court of Pakistan has adjourned the hearing on suomoto notice over Deputy Speaker’s ruling that blocked the no-confidencemotion against Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The bench comprised Justice Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar AtaBandial, Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar, Justice MunibAkhtar and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel heard the case.
During the hearing, the country’s top judge Justice Umar Ata Bandialremarked that the Supreme Court (SC) did not want to step into theinvestigation of policy matters as it only wanted to ascertain theconstitutionality of the steps taken by Qasim Suri that resulted in thesubsequent dissolution of the National Assembly.
JCP made the remarks while hearing arguments from PML-N’s counsel whoclaimed that the motion opposed Article 5 of the Constitution.
PML-N’s counsel proposed that the court may seek an in-camera briefingabout the foreign conspiracy from the intelligence chief on which JCP saidthe court would not interfere in policy matters.
CJP ruled that the court prefers that a decision be taken on the matterrelated to the ruling of the deputy speaker.
Meanwhile, PPP Senator Raza Rabbani termed the NA deputy speaker’s move acivilian coup. PPP stalwart said a stance was created through an allegedcable which is based on malafide intent, adding that the no-confidencemotion against the premier was tabled on March 28 but the NA session wasadjourned.
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He further maintained that Deputy Speaker gave the ruling without puttingthe documents before the parliament on Sunday. Deputy Speaker’s ruling isillegal and no-trust motion cannot be rejected without voting on it,” PPPcounsel argued while pointing out 10 malicious steps in the process ofrejection of the no-trust motion.
Rabbani also mentioned that the deputy speaker’s ruling doesn’t haveconstitutional security under Article 69 and prayed before the court toissue an order today.
The court later adjourned the hearing till 11 pm on Wednesday as thehearing could not be completed today.
Meanwhile, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has also filed a petitionin the Supreme Court on the constitutional crisis.
