ISLAMABAD: The coalition government has announced boycott of the hearing of Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker ruling case in the Supreme Court after the court rejected government’s plea of forming a full bench for this case.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan rejected on Monday night the request of the government to form a full bench for hearing the case of the Punjab chief minister’s election — where Hamza Shahbaz defeated Pervez Elahi.
Talking to media at the Prime Minister’s House, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said if the Supreme Court doesn’t form a full court, “then we [PDM] will also reject all decisions of the judiciary as we will not appear before this three-member bench.”
“We boycott the proceedings the apex court,” Fazl announced, adding that the coalition government doesn’t want any institution to interfere in its matters.
Fazl, who is also the chief of the PDM, said that the counsellors of the government’s alliance advised the jury according to the Constitution. “The top court, however, considered our demand impartially and rejected our petition.”
Meanwhile, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan shared a video clip purported to be about the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz’s (PML-N) “attack” on the top court in 1997.
“This video says it all about the Sharif mafia. Those who can’t be bribed must then be eliminated,” he tweeted with the video news report about the PML-N’s alleged attack on then chief justice Sajjad Ali Shah’s court.
PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry said the names of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leaders be placed on the Exit Control List (ECL) for what he called blackmailing the apex court.
