The Supreme Court (SC) will on Monday resume hearing the PTI petition challenging the Election Commission of Pakistan\u2019s decision to postpone polls in Punjab till Oct 8 as the coalition government has expressed \u201ccomplete no-confidence\u201d in the three-member bench conducting the proceedings.
\nThe bench \u2014 headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umer Ata Bandial \u2014 will take up the suo motu as well as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf\u2019s (PTI) petition challenging the order of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for postponing the Punjab election to October 8.
\nThe Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) the other day expressed dissatisfaction with the bench hearing the matter and urged for the formation of a full court.
\nDuring the last hearing, Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Usman Awan, as well as the Pakistan Bar Council, had requested the court to constitute a full court for hearing the matter.
\nThe CJP-led bench, however, rejected the government’s request.
\nThe court had summoned the secretary of finance and secretary of defence for today.
\nOn Friday, the apex court gave time to the AGP to submit a reply to the questions put to him on the financial and security issues raised by the Election Commission.
\nOn the other hand, PTI has slammed the government for \u201cattacking\u201d the Constitution and fired a broadside at the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) stating that the party has decided to pressurise the country’s top court.
\nSpeaking to the media in Karachi on Sunday, PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the ruling coalition\u2019s decision to file a reference against three SC judges was a signal to pressurise them.
\nIt seems like the decision to file the reference has been made, he added.
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