ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Ata Bandial has ordered to open the Supreme Court offices at 12 o’clock tonight.
According to sources, it has been decided to open the Supreme Court at 12 o’clock tonight and orders have been given to open the doors of the apex court at midnigth.
Police sources said that orders have been issued to open the Supreme Court and staff have been directed to arrive immediately after 12.
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It may be recalled that as per the order of the Supreme Court, the session of the National Assembly has been going on since 10:30 am but the voting process on the resolution has not been started by the Speaker so far.
Earlier on Thursday, Chief Justice Umat Ata Bandial declared ruling of deputy speaker Qasim Suri as unconstitutional.
The court also declared dissolution of National Assembly as unconstitutional and reinstated the parliament.
According to the verdict, all the ministers had been restored. Speaker has been instructed to hold session of the National Assembly on April 9. All the legal actions taken by the government after the dissolution of assembly have been declared unconstitutional.
New prime minister will be elected if the no-trust motion becomes successful, the court ruled.
President Alvi’s steps taken regarding the caretaker prime minister are also unconstitutional, the Chief Justice remarked.
Hearing the suo motu notice on the rejection of the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Chief Justice of Pakistan on Thursday said that the matter of the Punjab Assembly would be taken up by the Lahore High Court, we are only looking into the matter of the National Assembly.
A five-member larger bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Ata Bandial is hearing the case.
