Pak's SC adjourns hearing over dissolution of National Assembly till tomorrow

As the political crisis turned into a constitutional crisis in the country Pakistans Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing over the dissolution of the National Assembly till Wednesday local media reportedThe case was filed against the unconstitutional act of the National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim SuriSpeaker Suri had disallowed the vote of noconfidence against Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday a move that the Opposition said was a blatant violation of the Constitution Geo News reportedA fivemember larger bench of the apex court headed by Justice Bandial and comprising Justice Muneeb Akhtar Justice Aijazul Ahsan Justice Mazhar Alam and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel resumed hearing this afternoonDuring the hearing CJP Bandial also directed NA speakers counsel Naeem Bokhari to present the minutes of the crucial NA session held on March 31 to debate on the noconfidence motion against Imran Khan according to Geo NewsAt the outset of the hearing Pakistan Peoples Party PPP Senator Raza Rabbani walked to the rostrum to present his argumentsThis is a civilian coup A stance was created through an alleged cable which is based on malafide intent Geo News quoted the Senator as saying Rabbani added that the noconfidence motion against the prime minister was tabled on March 28 but the NA session was adjournedDeputy speakers ruling is illegal notrust motion cannot be rejected without voting on it Rabbani said Voting is mandatory within the given duration as per the ConstitutionPPPs counsel said that the notrust motion cannot be rejected under the ConstitutionIt can be dismissed only when if those who submitted it take it back and the speaker can reject it only after voting is held on it Rabbani saidHe also requested to form a judicial commission to probe into NA proceedings and asked for a stay on Sundays assembly session case Geo News reportedThe court should consider the misuse of authority instead of the proceedings within the assembly and see whether the speaker can apply Article 5After Rabbani completed his arguments Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz PMLN counsel Makhdoom Ali Khan presented his arguments before the courtHe narrated the NAs proceedings since the session of March 28 when leader of the Opposition Shahbaz Sharif was allowed to table the notrust resolution against Imran Khan till April 3 the day fixed for voting on the motion the Pakistani newspaper reportedKhan said that a debate had to be held on the notrust motion on March 31s session under Rule 37 but it didnt happenHe asked if Suri as the deputy speaker had the authority to dismiss the resolution in this way The entire case is based on the question whether the deputy speaker can give such a ruling he added according to Geo NewsAfter Pakistani President Arif Alvi dissolved the National Assembly after the deputy speaker rejected the notrust vote against the PM the political turmoil turned into a constitutional crisisCJP Bandial had taken a suo motu notice of the constitutional crisis that erupted after the incidentAny orders and actions that Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Arif Alvi regarding the dissolution of the National Assembly shall be subject to the order of this court CJP Bandial had said taking the notice on SundayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever