Pak's CJ says 'order' will be issued on legality of current political situation

Pakistans Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Monday said that a reasonable order would be issued on the legality of the current political situation in the country as the apex court heard the dismissal of a noconfidence vote against Prime Minister Imran Khan and the subsequent dissolution of Parliament by the President on the advice of the embattled premierBandials remarks came while a larger bench of the Supreme Court comprising the CJP Justice Ijazul Ahsan Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail took up the matterDuring the hearing the court rejected a plea by Farooq H Naek who is representing the Pakistan People Party PPP and other Opposition parties to form a full court bench to hear the matter the Dawn newspaper reportedThe CJP asked Naek if he had objections to any judge on the fivemember benchNaek said that he had full confidence in all judges on the benchJustice Bandial said forming a full court bench would impede proceedings of other casesPresident Arif Alvi had dissolved the National Assembly NA on the advice of Prime Minister Khan minutes after Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri rejected a noconfidence motion against the premier who had effectively lost the majority in the 342member lower house of ParliamentChief Justice Bandial after taking a suo motu cognizance of the current political situation in the country said on Sunday that all orders and actions initiated by the prime minister and the president regarding the dissolution of the National Assembly will be subject to the courts orderA threemember bench held the initial hearing despite the weekend and issued notices to all the respondents including President Alvi and Deputy Speaker of the NA SuriThe Supreme Court ordered all parties not to take any unconstitutional measures and adjourned the hearing until MondayFormer information minister Fawad Chaudhry said that the ruling given in the National Assembly by the deputy speaker for the dismissal of the notrust motion against Prime Minister Khan was final and could not be challenged in any court of lawEarlier the Opposition had demanded the top court to intervene and Shehbaz Sharif the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament announced his partys decision to challenge the dissolution of the NAAhsan Bhoon President Supreme Court Bar said that the action of the prime minister and deputy speaker was against the constitution and they should be prosecuted for treason under Article 6 of the constitutionThe crisis erupted after Suri rejected the noconfidence motion providing Prime Minister Khan to send an advice to the president of the country to dissolve Parliament which he could not do until any outcome of the noconfidence voteLeading constitutional lawyer Salman Akram Raja said that the entire procure by the deputy speaker and the advice by the premier to dissolve the assembly was unconstitutionalRaja said the illegality of the ruling would also make the advice as illegal as the prime minister cannot give advice to the assembly after a noconfidence motion was presented in the parliament against himThis 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