Pakistan Tehreke-e-Insaf (PTI( chairman Imran Khan has apparently distanced his party from the ruling coalition\u2019s demand to constitute a full court bench on the Punjab elections delay case, saying \u201cit makes no difference, whether a larger or full bench conducts hearing\u201d.
\nIn a tweet from his official handle, the former prime minister said that whether a five-member or full court bench heard his petition against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), \u201cit makes no difference to us bec[ause] all we want to know is if elections will be held within the 90 days’ constitutional provision\u201d.
\nThe PTI chief said he had consulted his top legal experts before dissolving provincial assemblies in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P).
\n\u201c..All of whom were absolutely clear that the 90-day Constitutional provision on holding of elections was inviolable. Now Imported Govt of crooks, their handlers & a compromised ECP are making a complete mockery of Constitution,\u201d he added.
\nImran said the PDM government and its alleged handlers are \u201cthreatening the very foundation of Pakistan…by cherry-picking which articles of Constitution they will abide by\u201d.
\n\u201cSo petrified are they of elections & so desperate to whitewash their convicted ldrs [leaders] that they are prepared to destroy the Constitution & any semblance of Rule of Law,\u201d the PTI chief said.
\nImran\u2019s statement comes hours after the Supreme Court’s five-member bench hearing PTI’s plea challenging the ECP’s decision to postpone the Punjab Assembly polls was dissolved.
\nA member of the bench, Justice Aminuddin Khan, recused himself from hearing the petition on account of yesterday’s order wherein it was held that the hearing of all cases under Article 184(3) of the Constitution be postponed until amendments in Supreme Court Rules, 1980, regarding the discretionary power of the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) to form special benches.
\nNow, a four-member bench excluding Justice Aminuddin will take up the PTI\u2019s petition on Friday at 11.30am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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