Islamabad, 07 April 2022

Islamabad, 07 April 2022

Supreme Court In a landmark judgement this evening of Thursday,  ruled that the National Assembly deputy speaker’s ruling to dismiss the no-confidence motion and subsequently dissolution of the lower house by the president on the PM’s advice were contrary to law and Constitution.

The court ordered to reinstate the National Assembly and summon its session at 10.30 am on Saturday to hold voting on no-trust motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan.

A five-member bench headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial along with Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel, Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan unimously announced the verdict, which was reserved earlier in the day.

The top court had also summoned the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Chief and inquired about possibility of holding general elections in the country. The court was informed that Election Commission requires atleast six months to conduct.

Earlier, during a hearing of the case, CJP Bandial, after consultation with fellow judges, observed that it was clear that the ruling of the deputy speaker to dismiss the no-confidence motion submitted against the prime minister was “wrong”.

The chief justice remarked that there would be no stability in the country even after the restoration of the National Assembly that had been dissolved as a result of the ruling.

The court retired for a 15 minutes break. The CJP said after the break the court will touch upon salient features of the Constitution which include democracy and the parliamentary form of system.

Attorney General for Pakistan Khalid Jawed Khan said that he is not defending the ruling given by the Deputy Speaker of rejecting No Confidence Move against Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Opposition leaders lauded the decision of tje Supreme Court and asked people of Pakistan to perform thanks giving prayers tomorrow, Friday.