Islamabad:
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has adjourned the hearing of the suo motu notice on the current constitutional situation in the country till 12 noon tomorrow. Lawyer Farooq H Naik said that the case should be completed today. On which Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan said that it is not possible to give a decision after hearing it today.
A five-member larger bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan heard the suo motu notice on the current constitutional situation in the country. Lawyer Babar Awan took the position that the presidential reference should be heard with the present self notice, whatever happened everyone wants to bring on record, the whole issue was of early election, with Imran Khan’s permission I am requesting to hold election Ready for On which the Chief Justice remarked that don’t talk politically in front of us, we will issue appropriate order today.
PPP lawyer Farooq H Naik requested the court to form a full court bench. On which the Chief Justice remarked that what is the problem of your case? Let the court decide which question is very important. The full court held 63 hearings last year. Last year also the number of cases increased by 10,000 due to the full court. Is ? Let us know if you have any mistrust, we get up.
Lawyer Farooq H Naik took the position that Article 95 does not speak of any charge or accusation against the Prime Minister. The Chief Justice said that the constitutional status of what happened in the National Assembly has to be reviewed. Justice Jamal Mandokhel remarked that his case was not about convening a meeting on time.
Justice Muneeb Akhtar said that the Speaker had also issued reasons for convening the meeting late. Whether the reasons were correct or not, you can give your opinion on this. Does the Speaker have to convene an Assembly? Isn’t March 10 an order of the day? Was March 10 the day to circulate orders?
The Chief Justice questioned whether there is a debate on no-confidence before voting. To which Farooq Naik said that no discussion on no-confidence was allowed. Justice Muneeb Akhtar asked if he objected to not allocating the date of debate. To which Farooq Naik said that we can only press the button. When the meeting started, Fawad Chaudhry asked about the letter under Article 5. On the point of order of Fawad Chaudhry, the Deputy Speaker started rolling.
The court inquired whether the Speaker or the House allowed the motion of no-confidence. Justice Muneeb Akhtar asked that the Speaker has the power not to allow motion. What happens if the speaker does not allow motion? The Chief Justice asked how the Rolling of the Deputy Speaker is unconstitutional.
Lawyer Farooq H Naik said that the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker do not have the power to dismiss the no-confidence motion. No-confidence motion cannot be decided on the day of voting. Justice Muneeb asked if Rowling was against the rules, but would he not get constitutional immunity? On this, lawyer Farooq Naik said that the no-confidence motion was rejected in less than 3 minutes.
Justice Jamal Mandokhel inquired whether Rolling was a constitutional irregularity or a rule. Farooq Naik said that the no-confidence motion was against the constitution. The Chief Justice said that at what stage could the Speaker determine the legality of the no-confidence motion? Farooq Naik said that it is up to the House to approve or reject the no-confidence motion. If it is based on, it can be challenged and even annulled, the Chief Justice said, referring to the court decisions on the point, Farooq Naik said that if given time till tomorrow, I will be satisfied on the point of protection of parliamentary proceedings.
The Chief Justice remarked that the parliamentary committee was also mentioned in the rolling of the Deputy Speaker. The opposition deliberately did not participate in the committee. The whole matter was placed in the Parliamentary Committee on National Security. Has to give Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan said that there is an important constitutional point on which the decision will have far-reaching consequences. It is also necessary to listen to the other party so that a decision can be made.
Lawyer Farooq Naik said that the assembly has been dissolved on the basis of rolling. The Chief Justice remarked that no decision can be taken in the air, the decision will be taken after listening to everyone, tomorrow after hearing the arguments of Raza Rabbani and Makhdoom Ali Khan the other parties will be heard.
