Parliament binds Prime Minister, cabinet not to enforce Supreme court order on elections in Punjab
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly passed a resolution on Thursday wherein it rejected the order of the three-member bench of the Supreme Court on elections in Punjab.
The Parliament also made it binding on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the federal cabinet not to implement the decision. The resolution sought a full court review of the verdict.
Balcohsitan Awami Party lawmaker Khalid Magsi presented the resolution in the National Assembly and a majority of the MNAs approved it.
The House considers general elections at the same time as a solution to political stability.
It said the verdict paved the way for divisions among federating units, adding such an act was clearly against the traditions and principles of the Supreme Court.
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