ISLAMABAD: Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif, while reacting to the decision of the Supreme Court, said that clean and transparent elections would be held after necessary reforms.
Shehbaz Sharif further said that immediate attention will be paid to electoral reforms. Time will not be wasted. News of resignation of PTI members was already circulating, he said adding that resignation of PTI members will not affect the no-confidence motion. We have 178 members in the House, he said.
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Shahbaz Sharif further said that the drama of the letter was in the federation, there is no letter in Punjab, why voting is being held there?
The Leader of the Opposition said that after the necessary reforms, transparent elections would be held.
“In 2018, the dollar was at Rs125, today it is at Rs190. What is our fault?”
Earlier, Chief Justice Umat Ata Bundial declared ruling of deputy speaker Qasi 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.
Earlier in the day, 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.
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The arguments of the lawyers of opposition parties and bar councils have been completed and the arguments of Babar Awan, the lawyer of PTI have also been completed.
At the beginning of the hearing, Advocate General Punjab Ahmed Owais told the court that a very alarming situation had arisen in Punjab last night. Last night, Hamza Shehbaz was made chief minister at a hotel. The Chief Justice said that we are not touching the Punjab Assembly in these proceedings.
