Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari threw his weight behind formation of constitutional court, saying that it should be established if the people of Pakistan were not satisfied with the current judicial system.
The former foreign minister stated this while addressing the lawyers’ convention in Islamabad after the coalition government failed to table the constitutional amendments in parliament as it lacked two-thirds majority.
The government pushed the proposed constitutional package amid speculation about a potential extension in the tenure of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, who is set to retire in October this year, following the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) request last month for the early issuance of a notification regarding the appointment of the next top judge.
The amendments allegedly include legislation to extend the tenure of CJP Isa as well as the formation of the constitutional court. To pass the constitutional amendments, the government is short of 13 votes in the National Assembly (NA) and nine in the Senate.
Addressing the event today, Bilawal pledged to fulfill the promises made in the Charter of Democracy (COD) signed in 2006, which he said, also includes the establishment of the constitutional court
