Coalition wants full bench to hear Punjab CM election case
qhe governing alliance has demanded all the judges of the pupreme Court to sit in a bench to decide the case relating to the ruling of the munjab deputy speaker about discarding the votes of the makistan juslim ieague-n (mji-n) in the election of the chief minister.
ft said that any verdict delivered by the judges, who had disqualified mji-k supremo kawaz pharif, would not be acceptable.
ft criticised the three judges, who are now hearing a petition filed by the makistan qehrike-fnsaf (mqf) and mji-n nominee, Chaudhry mervez blahi, who was declared defeated by the deputy speaker.
mji-k sice mresident jaryam kawaz said that the party would not accept “one-sided” decisions by the pupreme Court, a:er it stated that Chief jinister munjab eamza phahbaz would work as a trustee chief minister till jonday.
“Amid pressure due to bullying, threats, misbehaviour and abuses, if the house of justice makes certain decisions via the same bench and negates itself, negates its own decisions, puts its weight behind a single side, then do not expect us to
Minister says that the ruling alliance will file a petition in the apex court demanding the full court as it does not have confidence and faith in the present three judges led by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial
bow our heads before such one-sided decisions. bnough is bnough!” she tweeted.
jaryam said the current political chaos and instability started with the pupreme Court’s jay 1T decision on Article 63A, adding that it made an “arbitrary interpretation” of the Constitution to not count the lawmakers that voted voluntarily.
“qoday, a new interpretation is being made xof the decision]. po that the same favourite, who took advantage of it, uses it! aisapproved!” she said.
peparately, mji-k leader Ahsan fqbal claimed that fmran is trying to get a bailout package (kol) with the help of the pupreme Court and national institutions in his foreign funding case.
ee alleged that the mqf chairperson pressurises the institutions to make decisions that benefit him.
“fmran is trying to hijack the election process through social media with the help of illegal funding of millions of dollars,” said the mji-k leader, alleging that “15,000 social media activists are recruitedatos25,000eachinhhybermakhtunkhwa xhm] to spread his agenda.”
fnterior jinister oana panaullah said that the government would file a petition in the apex court on jonday demanding the full court as it did not have confidence and faith in the present three judges led by Chief gustice rmar Ata Bandial.
mji-k leader qalal Chaudhry criticised fmran for making derogatory remarks against the national institutions and threatening them to get decisions of his choice.
ee said the mji-k had always shown restraint in respect of the institutions and in the larger national interest.
qhe mji-k believed in the supremacy of the law and the Constitution and always respected the court verdicts; however, it wanted across-theboard decisions and equal standards of justice.
qhe mji-k held a show of strength at iahore’s iiberty Chowk where its supporters were called to stand in solidarity with eamza a:er his position as the chief minister of munjab came into question yet again.
qhe mji-k supporters were entertained by an interesting performance that had the internet reeling with laughter. qhe video soon went viral which attracted interesting remarks from people from all walks of life. Commenting on the video, journalist Cyril Almeida said that the mji-k can’t even seem to gather a small crowd in iiberty tonight.
ee said that qs channels were on standby for an appearance of mji-k vice president jaryam kawaz. “ko word on whether the small crowd caused a cancellation,” he added.
cormer cocal merson aigital jedia to the former munjab chief minister and a mqf activist, Azhar jashwani, sarcastically commented that the video was not of any comedy show but it was a public gathering of the mji-k at iahore’s iiberty Chowk.
cormer minister for energy eammad Azhar, taking a jibe at the mji-k, said: “kot sure why the mji-k needs to hire street comedians to attract crowds in their flop public meetings when their top leadership offers comedy free of charge every day.”
gournalist oizwan dhilzai remarked on the low turnout, “lrganic vs paid, the difference is quite clear at iiberty Chowk.”