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SC resumes hearings on Elahi’s petition

Supreme Court of Pakistan resumes hearings of Petition by Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervez Elahi against provincial chief of ministers today is the election.

A three-man bench high court composed of Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Judge Ijazul Ahsan and Judge Muneeb Akhter hears the case plea in the register of the High Court of Lahore filed by Elahi – who was also candidate for Chief ministerslot.

Elahi got 186 votes against 179 votes of PML-Nawaz Hamza Shehbaz. However, Vice Speaker Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari rejected 10 votes of legislators PML-Q on the foundation of letter from party Chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, who said that his party not support Elahi.

bench resumed hearing of business at 13:00.

Hamza moves court to form full bench

PML-N leader Hamza Shehbaz filed a petition in Supreme Court to form full bench on Elahi’s petition and also petitioned the court for an appeal for revision of Article 63-A.

In his petition, Hamza asked the court to consider the appeals. of deviant members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against election Committee of Pakistan (ECP) decision together with listening to Elahi plea.

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“July 22th resolution of the vice speaker is right,” he said, adding that appeals by dissident PTI MPs are still pending. against in decision of election observer in which the ECP disqualified 25 lawmakers who did not vote in line with in party instructions during the April 16 elections of provincial chief executive.

According to the petition, the situation would be “dramatically different” if the Supreme Court granted the appeals of the deviant participants and the Supreme Court votes given by 25 deviant members.

Hamza stated that since the ECP supported Imran Khan’s letter of instructions against deviant members, Chaudhry Shujaat’s letter to his MPA should also be considered “in accordance with the Constitution and the law”.

Heavy Police Deployment

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court imposed a ban on Entrance of political leaders cite ‘security concerns’ raised by ‘mob’ in court.

Sources said Express Tribune what passes previously issued to political parties were also canceled and only the parties to the case and their legal counsel allowed to enter the court

A large number of of Police officers have been deployed to the High Court due to tensions remain high in expectation of Sun hearing today.

Big numbers of Rangers, FC and police personnel visible on courtroom.

Road closures and detours were also located along Zulfiqar Chowk to Rohtas Road.

upcoming of decisive trial in court today, the Islamabad police called party leaders and political workers may only enter the premises with SC permission.

In addition, the police stated that political meetings and marches of any kind will be “strictly prohibited”.

They stopped media and lawyers from entering the premises. “Only those whose names on in list allowed to enter the courtroom, official told lawyers trying to get into the premises.

Shujaat, PPP filed petitions

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, head of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Applications Submitted with cop asks to be made a party deputy speaker, manager of the case, which currently is heard by the court.

Chaudhry Shujaat in his statement to the court stated that he “wrote a letter to the Vice Speaker on July 22” and claimed that Dost Mazari “ignored votes on the foundation of letter”.

” votes transmitted to Pervez Elahi MPA PML-Q were in violation of Article 63″ upheld the application and asked the court to recognize Chaudhry Shujaat party to the case, because it was “relevant party in a business”.

Previously there was a request also made by PPP lawyer Farooq Naik after PML-Q leader and Punjab Assembly speaker Pervez Elahi suggested that the SC over Deputy Speaker Dost Mazari decision ignore party members votes in election of the head of the provincial administration.

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Application says that PPP is “one of major political parties of Pakistan must be affected by any decision made by the court in the interpretation of Article 63-A of Constitution of Pakistan and therefore referred to the fact that it was “necessary party’ to the point.

Citation senior party leader and former prime minister The case of Syed Yusuf Raza Gillani, where seven votes were ignored, costing him the election, the petition stated that PPP leaders “have always been victims of of circumstances, including political maneuvering, martial law and coups resulting from in exile of elected government and then the judiciary murder and murders.”

“Thus it would in interest of in public at large if the applicant is hindered as party and shall be heard before this Honorable Court makes any order in interpreting Article 63-A. of Constitution of Pakistan, 1973,” the application says.

PPP Petition also said that if it’s “not heard in this business of great meaning not only [the] PPP as political party will be condemned unheard of, but also all members” and pleaded with the court that “refusal to hear the aforementioned applicant would be oppression of the conscience of the judges and cause eternity of injustice that will not be tolerated just judicial system”.

“Shujaat’s letter not received”

PML-Q leader Muniz Elahi addressed media outside court and argued that nine of in party The MPA did not receive Chaudhry Shujaat’s letter asking the Deputy Speaker to ignore the PML-Q member’s statement. votes in Punjab CM elections.

“I brought nine MPAs with me to court,” Muniz said, adding that they give their testimony in front of in bench Today.

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