2023-04-22 18:59:11
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a meeting with his legal team and some Muslim League (N) leaders, in which he asked the Parliament in the context of the Supreme Court’s decisions to stay the implementation of the Supreme Court verdict and the Punjab Assembly elections. expressed determination to maintain ‘sovereignty’.
The party’s legal experts Federal Law Minister Nazir Tarar, Attorney General Mansoor Usman and former Law Minister Zahid Hamid warned the Prime Minister regarding possible consequences following the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Act 2023 was passed despite the Supreme Court’s order to the Prime Minister. Informed?
The Supreme Court had stayed the implementation of the bill to curtail the powers of the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take automatic notices and constitute benches, but the bill became law on Friday.
A source told Dawn that the prime minister was told by the government’s legal experts that he was ‘legally safe’ even if the Supreme Court took notice of the violation of its order.
He said that the legal team has informed the Prime Minister regarding the possible action of the Supreme Court in case of violation by the government of the order to hold Punjab Assembly elections on May 14.
He said that Nawaz Sharif discussed with PML-N Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and Khawaja Saad Rafiq regarding the Supreme Court’s order to reach a consensus on the date of holding the elections of the National and Provincial Assemblies on the same day. .
The Supreme Court will resume proceedings on April 27 on petitions related to the holding of elections in Punjab.
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