ISLAMABAD: Federal Law Minister Senator Azam Nazir Tarar said on Monday that if the Supreme Court (SC) hastily ruled on the sensitive and important issue of postponing the Punjab provincial elections, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) will not accept it.
Speaking in the National Assembly session presided over by Speaker National Assembly, Raja Pervez Ashraf, Law Minister, said that the Supreme Court had a long consultation with the ruling coalition. The government has requested to be made a party in the case, and it submitted an application in this regard six days ago. It demanded to bring transparency in the proceedings of the Supreme Court.
He said that when the representatives of the political parties appeared in the court today, it was disliked. The order of the Supreme Court existed, but it was suspended by executive order. Therefore, the legal circles are worried.
The minister said that despite expressing no confidence in the ruling coalition, the bench carried the matter forward. “Our lawyers requested to form a bench that is acceptable to all,” he said, adding, “The decision of four judges against three has come. Now, our objections should be addressed before the hearing is started, but were are not being made a party despite continuous requests.”
Law minister on differences in SC
Senator Azam Nazir Tarar said that voices are being raised from within the institution of the judiciary, but these are being ignored. The Attorney General requested to form a 6-member bench of judges who were not part of the bench before. Now it is said that the verdict has been reserved and will be announced tomorrow.
“The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Umar Ata Bandial also said today that political parties should solve the problem themselves; I will ask the Chief Justice to fix their house first and hear the voices coming from there,” the law minister added.
