The lawyers body also asked the Supreme Court (SC), hearing a case against the deputy speaker’s decision to block the vote of no-confidence, to constitute a full court bench, calling the speaker’s decision illegal and unconstitutional.
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Aleem Khan said that Farah Khan, a close friend of Imran Khan’s wife, was involved in a deep corruption in awarding contracts and prized posts in Punjab, which should be investigated. Farah has fled to Dubai on April 4 along with her husband.
Extremist Hindus also pelted stones on the houses in the locality, later burning the shops and vehicles of the residents. About 35 people have been injured in these incidents, police said.
ECP official said a minimum of three months time would be needed to accomplish delimitations process, to be followed by another tough task of updating the lists of voters.
Till 10:40am today, 100-index of Pakistan Stock Exchange has gained 261 points, mounting to 44,163 points. If the Supreme Court gave any reasonable decision today, it will revive a bullish sentiment in the stock market.
During the hearing on Monday, chief justice said that the court has to see the constitutional status of whatever had happened in the assembly.
Justice Munib Akhtar of the Supreme Court said that speaker of the Assembly has discretion to reject the no-confidence move, but deputy speaker was not in a position to reject the move.
He said, “In violation of the court’s orders, the prime minister and the president have taken extra-constitutional steps and dissolved the parliament.”