The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) filed two separate constitutional petitions in the Supreme Court on Monday against the National Assembly speaker’s ruling regarding Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s conviction in the contempt of court case. PML-N leader Khwaja Muhammad Asif filed the petition in the SC that stated that the May 24 ruling of National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza in the Gilani case was “arbitrary, capricious and illegal”. The PTI also filed a similar petition, challenging the decision as well as Gilani’s recent visit to the UK. PTI’s lawyer Safdar Ali Shah filed the petition on behalf of the party chairman, Imran Khan. “There is no moral ground for Gilani to hold the office any more,” the PTI advocate argued, adding that “Gilani’s visit to the UK along with an 80-member delegation was a burden on the taxpayers”. Meanwhile, the NA speaker’s decision was also challenged in the Sindh and Peshawar high courts. A petition was submitted by Human Rights South Asia in the Peshawar High Court seeking suspension of the speaker’s ruling because it was in violation of Article 63 of the constitution. The SHC issued notices to the prime minister, the National Assembly secretary and the chief election commissioner seeking their replies on June 6.
Like a puppet on a string…..
High Courts/Supreme Court should Outrighty Reject All such Applications Challenging Speaker`s Ruling,othewise History will Say (in due course of time) their act to be Anti-Democratic,Un- justified like all past verdicts
like Bhutto-Murder case and many others.
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