ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial observed that the ruling of deputy speaker of National Assembly was wrong.
NA’s Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri dismissed no-confidence move against Prime Minister Imran Khan on April 3.
The Chief Justice of Pakistan said that one thing is clear, “the ruling of Deputy Speaker was wrong” and now we will examine the next course of action keeping in mind the national interest.
Chief Justice also said that the larger bench would announce its decision today in this case.
Attorney General Khalid Javed Khan said during the hear that he would not defend the ruling of Deputy Speaker.
Earlier, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel said National Assembly’s Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri announced the April 3 ruling which dismissed the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, but the ruling carried signature of Speaker Asad Qaiser.
Justice Mandokhel stated this today as Qasim Suri and Asad Qaiser’s lawyer, Naeem Bukhari, presented his arguments in the suo motu case concerning the legality of the deputy speaker’s ruling.
Responding to the judge’s statement, Bukhari replied that perhaps the documents given to him might not be “original”.
A five-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Justice Mazhar Alam Miankhel, Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel took up the case around 9:30am.
Bukhari began his arguments by stating that he would focus on whether a point of order could be discussed at any time. He argued that the apex court had refrained from interfering in parliamentary proceedings in the past and asked whether the court would have taken notice if the speaker had dismissed Fawad Chaudhry’s point of order.
He said that the former minister had requested a point of order as soon as the session had began. “The point of order couldn’t have been taken up had voting on the no-confidence motion started,” he said.
