Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar Monday said the government will not accept if the Supreme Court’s decision on a sensitive and important issue is announced in haste.
\n\u201cWe will not accept if a decision is made in haste on such a sensitive and important issue. We have tried our best to maintain the institution\u2019s sanctity,\u201d Tarar said during a session of the National Assembly, adding that this is the same institution which gave nine years, instead of three months, to a dictator.
\nHe further mentioned that the Attorney General of Pakistan Mansoor Usman Awan asked for the formation of a six-member bench with judges who weren\u2019t present in the bench before. \u201cNow we hear the news that the verdict has been reserved.\u201d
\nEarlier today, while directing the Attorney General of Pakistan Mansoor Usman Awan, Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial \u2014 who was heading the three-judge bench comprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan \u2014 said that the government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) should find a solution through political dialogue.
\n\u201cHave a political dialogue for the Pakistani nation\u2019s sake. Reach a political conclusion,\u201d the chief justice said.
\nThe verdict has been reserved and will be announced tomorrow despite the government seeking the formation of a new bench to hear the case.
\nPakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) President Maulana Fazlur Rehman, last week, said that the ruling alliance has no trust in the apex court’s three-judge bench and said that the bloc has decided its boycott.
\nSharing his views on the matter during the parliament\u2019s session, Tarar said that a long consultation was held among the ruling coalition on the Supreme Court hearing. He added that the government had submitted a request to become a party in the case for the last six days.
\n\u201cIt demanded transparency to be brought to the Supreme Court\u2019s proceedings. When representatives of political parties appeared in the court today, they expressed displeasure,\u201d the minister said.
\nThe apex court\u2019s order exists, but it was suspended through an executive order, the minister said. \u201cThere is immense apprehension within legal circles regarding the issue.\u201d
\nTarar mentioned that despite expressing no confidence, the bench took matters forward. \u201cOur request was to make a bench that is acceptable to all. The decision of four judges against three has come out.\u201d
\nHe added that the government\u2019s lawyers said that their objections should be heard before the hearing and that the government is not being made a party despite continuous requests. \u201cWe were party earlier, but it is not known when we were refused to be one,\u201d he said.
\nCommenting on the differences between the judiciary, Senator Tarar added that voices are also being raised within the institution, but they are being ignored.
\nThe law minister, who represents Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) in the parliament, said that institutions earn their respect through their conduct.
\n\u201cVoices of the institution\u2019s judges are rising, but they are being suppressed. If the decision is made in a hurry, then history will write it on black pages. If such an important national issue is decided in haste, then it will be controversial,\u201d Tarar maintained.
\nThe PML-N politician mentioned that the chief justice asked political parties to resolve the issue on their own. \u201cI would ask the chief justice to first fix your own house. First look at your own house and listen to the voices rising inside it.\u201d
\nThe minister made these remarks in relation to the order made by a special SC bench, with a two-to-one majority, regarding the suspension of all suo motu cases \u2014 under Article 184(3) of the Constitution \u2014 until amendments are made to the Supreme Court Rules governing the chief justice’s discretionary powers.
\nThe special bench order came on the suo motu case related to examining the grant of 20 additional marks to a Hafiz-e-Quran student while admitting them for an MBBS\/BDS degree.
\nCJP Bandial had formed the three-member special bench to hear the case, but Justice Isa objected to the constitution of the bench.
\nBut later, the Supreme Court’s registrar, in a circular, \u201cdisregarded\u201d the judgment authored by Justice Isa. The senior puisne judge then demanded the removal of the top court’s registrar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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