ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Ata Bandial has taken suo motu notice of the political situation arisen after the rejection of the no-confidence motion of the opposition by Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Suri.
The Registrar of the Supreme Court has confirmed that the Chief Justice of Pakistan has taken suo motu notice of the political situation in the country.
Sources said that a larger bench of the Supreme Court will hear the case but the judges in the bench will be announced later.
On the other hand, Attorney General Barrister Khalid Javed Khan has reached the Supreme Court after meeting Law Minister Fawad Chaudhry and while talking to the media on the occasion, he said that the decision of the Supreme Court would be final.
Earlier, Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial has reached the Supreme Court.
According to a local TV, the staff of Supreme Court has also started arriving at the court.
The joint opposition has prepared a petition challenging the ruling of deputy speaker Qasim Suri and the president’s act of dissolving the National Assembly.
Earlier, the Chief Justice had held a consultation with the senior judges of the apex court at his residence.
Earlier, National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri has termed the no-trust motion as violation of the Constitution.
The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, while rejecting the no-confidence motion, stopped the ruling and adjourned the sitting till March 25.
In a tumultuous session of the National Assembly chaired by Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri, Law Minister Fawad Chaudhry said that a meeting is held on March 7 and a no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister was presented on March 8 a day later.
Fawad Chaudhry said that our ambassador is summoned to a meeting on March 7, in which officials of other countries also sit. Our ambassador is informed that a no-confidence motion against Imran Khan is being filed. Until then no one in Pakistan knew that the no-confidence motion was coming.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he had advised President to dissolve National Assembly.
He said this in a televised address to the nation today.
The prime minister congratulated the nation on rejection of no-trust motion by the deputy speaker.
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He said that the nation will not allow such a conspiracy to succeed. Following the decision of the Speaker with his authority and constitutional power, I have already sent an advice to the president to dissolve the assemblies, the prime minister further said.
He said that no one from outside or corruption money would decide this country. As soon as the President dissolves the assemblies, the process of caretaker government would begin.
