UNTRUSTWORTHY EXPRESS NO TRUST ON JUDICIARY

Ruling alliance express ‘no trust’ in CJP-led three-member bench

he top leadership of the ruling alliance on Saturday expressed its mistrust in the three-member Supreme Court bench hearing the postponement of polls in Punjab and called for formation of a full court to deliberate upon the matter.

A three-member bench is currently hearing the PTI’s plea against the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP’s) decision to postpone elections to the Punjab Assembly till October 8. The three-member bench comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Muneeb Akhtar was constituted after the original five-member bench was disbanded following the recusals of Justice Aminuddin Khan on Thursday and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail on Friday.

In this regard, the coalition government and its senior leaders sat together to discuss the current crisis situation and discussed various ways and means to deal with the stand-off between the ruling PDM alliance and the judiciary.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired the meeting held to devise a future strategy for the government amid the country’s judicial crisis on top of long ongoing economic and political crises.
According to a press release issued by the Prime Minister’s Office, PM Shehbaz addressed the meeting via video link from Lahore.

“The meeting expressed no confidence in the three-member bench headed by the chief justice, Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Muneeb Akhtar and demands that the present court proceedings be terminated by accepting the four-judge majority judgment of the suo motu no. 1/2023,” the press release reads.

“The sad fact is that the chief justice of the Supreme Court wants to impose the decision of the minority on the decision of the majority. This conduct is not only a serious constitutional and political crisis in the country but also a clear example of deviation from the Constitution and prevailing legal procedures, which is also a clear violation of the basic concept of the division of powers of the state,” the statement added.

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