Supreme Court dismisses PTI's review petition on intra-party elections
Pakistan
Chief Justice Isa remarked that he had not seen the constitutional amendment
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The Supreme Court of Pakistan has dismissed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) review petition regarding the intra-party elections.
A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, heard the request for review against the decision on PTI's intra-party elections.
The bench included Justices Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Musarrat Hilali.
PTI's lawyer Advocate Hamid Khan requested the formation of a larger bench for the review, suggesting that the case be sent to a committee for this purpose.
During the hearing, Barrister Ali Zafar noted that a constitutional amendment had been passed under which this case should not be heard in this court anymore.
Chief Justice Isa remarked that he had not seen the amendment and was unaware of its details.
The Supreme Court stated that it had given both parties' lawyers another opportunity, but no arguments were presented.
It concluded that no errors were proven in their Jan 13 decision, thus dismissing the review petition.
During the course of hearing Advocate Hamid Khan and CJP Qazi Faez Isa had an exchange of word. Advocate Khan refused to present his arguments before the three-member bench and sought formation of a larger bench.
The CJP insisted the leading lawyer presented his arguments. As Advocate Khan refused to budge from his stance and said he had no faith in CJP, the latter asked him to deliver speeches outside.
CJP Isa asked Hamid Khan to speak to his face instead of airing opinion on TV channels. The advocate said he considered the CJP biased and therefore, would not present his arguments. He said it had been wrongly claimed that the PTI did not hold intraparty elections.
In fact, he said, the PTI conducted the intraparty polls but they were rejected.
