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کاش چیف جسٹس ایسا نہ کرتے
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کاش چیف جسٹس عمر عطا بندیال فل کورٹ بنا دیتے۔ کاش چیف جسٹس اُسی تین رُکنی بنچ کی سربراہی کرتے ہوئے پنجاب میں الیکشن کروانے جیسا اہم سیاسی فیصلہ نہ کرتے جس کے بارے میں سب کو پہلے سے معلوم تھا کہ یہ بنچ کیا فیصلہ کرسکتا ہے۔ کاش چیف جسٹس تمام سیاسی جماعتوں کا مؤقف سن کر اپنا فیصلہ سناتے اور بنچ پر اعتراض کرنے والوں کی بات سن لیتے۔ کاش چیف جسٹس اپنے ساتھی ججز کے اعتراضات اور اُن کے فیصلوں کو بھی اہمیت دیتے۔ کاش چیف جسٹس یہ فیصلہ نہ کرتے، ایک ایسا فیصلہ نہ کرتے جسے ناصرف تاریخ کے متنازعہ فیصلوں میں شامل کیا جائے گا بلکہ اس کے سبب موجودہ سیاسی انتشار اور تقسیم مزید بڑھنے کا اندیشہ ہے۔ مجھے ذاتی طور پر بنچ پر بھی اعتراض تھا اور فیصلہ بھی میری نظر میں انصاف کے تقاضے پورے نہیں کرتا لیکن اس کے باوجود جب فیصلہ آ گیا تو اس کو حکومت کیسے مسترد کر سکتی ہے؟ یہ میری سمجھ سے بالاتر ہے۔ حکومت کے پاس اگر کوئی قانونی اور آئینی راستہ موجودہ ہے تو وہ ضرور اسے اپنے حق میں استعمال کرے لیکن یہ کہنا کہ سپریم کورٹ کا فیصلہ ہی نہیں مانتے اور اس پر عمل بھی نہیں کریں گے تو یہ بھی انتشار کی ایک نئی شکل ہو گی۔
نہ کابینہ سپریم کورٹ کے فیصلے کو مسترد کر سکتی ہے نہ ہی حکمراں اتحاد کے رہنمائوں کے لئے یہ مناسب ہے کہ وہ یہ کہیں کہ اس فیصلے پر عمل نہیں کیا جائے گا چاہے اس کے جو مرضی نتائج ہوں۔ حکومت کے پاس اس فیصلے کے خلاف نظرثانی کی درخواست کرنے کا حق موجود ہے۔ یہ نظرثانی کی اپیل ایک ماہ کے اندر سپریم کورٹ میں پیش کی جا سکتی ہے اور اس کے لئے حکومت حال ہی میں پارلیمنٹ کے ذریعے پاس ہونے والے چیف جسٹس کے اختیارات کے متعلق بل کے قانون بننے کا انتظار بھی کر سکتی ہے۔ کہا جارہا ہے کہ شاید صدر پاکستان اس بل پر دستخط نہیں کریں گے جس کے باعث حکومت کو اس بل کو قانون کی شکل دینے میں پندرہ دن بھی لگ سکتے ہیں۔ جب یہ بل قانون بن جائے گا تو اس فیصلے کے خلاف سپریم کورٹ میں اپیل کی جا سکتی ہے اور نئے بننے والے قانون کے مطابق چیف جسٹس اور دو سینئیر ترین ججوں کی کمیٹی یہ فیصلہ کرے گی کہ اس اپیل کو سننے کے لئے کن کن ججز پر مشتمل بنچ بنایا جائے۔
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تحریک انصاف کے سینیٹر اور سپریم کورٹ کے وکیل علی ظفر نے اس قانون کی تجویز پر سینیٹ میں بحث کے دوران حکومت کو یہ وارننگ دی تھی کہ عدلیہ اس قانون کو بننے کے 10/20 دن کے اندر ہی کالعدم قرار دے دے گی۔ اگر ایسا ہوا تو معاملہ مزید گمبھیر ہو جائے گا اور سپریم کورٹ اور پارلیمنٹ آمنے سامنے ہوں گے۔ حکومت کی طرف سے فیصلہ دینے والے تین رُکنی بنچ میں شامل ججوں کے خلاف سپریم جوڈیشل کونسل میں ریفرنس دائر کرنے کی باتیں بھی کی جا رہی ہیں۔ میری دانست میں فیصلوں کی بنیاد پر ججوں کے خلاف ریفرنس دائر کرنے کی کوئی حیثیت نہیں ہوتی۔ صرف اُسی صورت میں ایسا ریفرنس قابلِ سماعت ہو سکتا ہے جب شکایت کنندہ کے پاس کوئی ٹھوس ثبوت موجود ہو کہ اس فیصلے کے پیچھے کوئی سازش تھی یا کوئی غیر قانونی اقدام اس کی وجہ تھا۔ صرف یہ کہنا کہ یہ تین ججز تو عمران خان کے حق میں اور ن لیگ اور پی ڈی ایم کے خلاف فیصلے دیتے ہیں، کوئی حیثیت نہیں رکھتا۔
چیف جسٹس اگر انصاف ہوتا ہوا نظر آنے کے اصول کی پاسداری کے لئے فل کورٹ بنا دیتے تو ہمیں اس موجودہ صورت حال کا سامنا نہ کرنا پڑتا جس میں اس بات کو یقینی طور پر کہا ہی نہیں جا سکتا تھا کہ پنجاب میں الیکشن 14 مئی کو ہی ہوں گے اس طرح حکومت اور پی ڈی ایم کو چاہئے کہ جذباتی انداز میں سپریم کورٹ کے فیصلے کو مسترد کرنے کی بجائے قانونی اور آئینی راستہ اختیار کرے۔ حکومت اور حکمراں جماعتیں ہی اگر سپریم کورٹ کے فیصلے کو نہیں مانیں گی تو پھر عام لوگ عدالتوں کے فیصلوں کو کیوں تسلیم کریں گے۔ یہاں اب بھی سیاسی حل کی بات کی جا سکتی ہے۔ عمران خان نے اپنے تازہ بیان میں کہا ہے کہ وہ اکتوبر میں الیکشن کے لئے انتظار کر سکتے ہیں اگر حکومت کے پاس کوئی ٹھوس تجویز ہو۔ کتنا اچھا ہو کہ حکمراں جماعتیں اور تحریک انصاف پورے پاکستان میں اکتوبر میں ایک ساتھ الیکشن کروانے کے نکتے پر اتفاق کر لیں تو اس سے ہم بہت سی خرابیوں سے بچ جائیں گے۔
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globalcourant · 2 years
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CJP Bandial says persons in authority benefitted from changes in ECP rules
CJP Bandial says persons in authority benefitted from changes in ECP rules
Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial. SC website ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial Tuesday remarked that persons in authority made amendments to the rules related to the no-fly list and benefited from it. The remarks from the top judge came as a five-member larger bench of the SC resumed the hearing of a suo motu notice on the perceived apprehension of “persons in authority” undermining the…
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smqazi · 5 days
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The Problem With the Implementation of Pakistan’s Supreme Court Verdicts 
IN SO-CALLED ISLAMIC REOPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN, WHICH IS NEITHER 
ISLAMIC NOR REPUBLIC, 
UNFORTUNATELY! 
The recent ruling fixing a date for the Punjab provincial assembly elections is deeply controversial as it lays bare the apex court’s partisan bias.
Recent rulings by the Pakistan Supreme Court have thrust it into the middle of the ongoing political crisis in the country. These decisions, often made by partisan judges, are eroding the stature of and public confidence in Pakistan’s judiciary.
For over a year now, Pakistan’s political parties have been wrangling over the holding of elections. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been pushing for elections to the National Assembly (NA) to be advanced and for the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial assembly elections to be held before general elections. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)- led government prefers the elections to be held at the same time. Elections to the NA are due later this year.
Amid this political wrangling, Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial has come under scrutiny for his suo motu action on the Punjab assembly elections. Earlier this month, a three-member bench led by Bandial fixed May 14 as the new date for elections to the Punjab assembly. In doing so, he quashed a decision by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to defer polls in the province from April 10 to October 8.
This Supreme Court ruling is a major setback to the Shehbaz Sharif government, which has been trying to defer elections to the Punjab assembly, which was dissolved on January 13. The ruling PML-N-Pakistan People’s Party alliance is opposed to holding assembly elections in Punjab ahead of national elections.
As per the rules, elections are to be held under a caretaker government. With an elected government in place in Punjab, especially should that be led by the opposition PTI, the chances of victory for the ruling combine in Pakistan’s most populous and electorally crucial province in the general election could be undermined.
Sharif’s government has openly objected to the Supreme Court order to hold assembly elections in Punjab on May 14, saying that this is meant to facilitate victory by the PTI. The PTI, which enjoys immense popularity in Pakistan, believes it can win the upcoming election in Punjab, which will give it an upper hand administratively in the province when the NA elections take place subsequently across Pakistan.
Chief Justice Bandial’s authority and neutrality have been further eroded following revelations that the Supreme Court judges objected to the initiation of proceedings under Article 184(3) of the Constitution on the PTI’s petition regarding polls in Punjab.
When Bandial ruled in favor of early elections in Punjab, a number of top judges ruled that PTI’s suo motu request was dismissed on the ground of maintainability. The objection from the judges was based on their understanding that such action should not be taken without consulting all members of the court, and that the issue was pending in provincial courts and didn’t qualify as an issue of public interest.
The ruling coalition is in no mood to implement the top court’s rulings, which it believes may undermine its electoral prospects in the upcoming general elections.
Meanwhile, the ECP has complained that its constitutional authority has been undermined by the Supreme Court as the latter issued a date for Punjab assembly elections without its consent.
To find a way out of the situation, the parliament has tried to enact legislation to curtail the powers of the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) with regard to unilaterally taking suo motu actions. However, earlier this month Bandial ruled that the bill curtailing the CJP’s powers will remain ineffective even if it becomes law. The ruling virtually undermines the legislature’s ability to do its work.
The situation has gotten to a point where the state seems to be in a revolt against the top judge’s orders over the elections. The State Bank of Pakistan has refused to obey the chief justice’s order to directly allocate funds to the ECP without the parliament’s approval. The Defense Ministry has made it clear that it cannot allocate security personnel as they are busy with military operations across the country. Meanwhile, the government has refused to enter into negotiations with PTI leadership under pressure from the Supreme Court.
This is not the first time that the apex court’s chief justices have tried to intervene in matters that are beyond their remit, undermining the judiciary’s legitimacy and harming Pakistan’s interests at home and abroad.
Rulings by Supreme Court judges have in fact left Pakistan weaker and caused trouble for policymakers and concerns for international investors. One of the most notable examples in this regard is the verdict handed out by former Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary in the Reko Diq deal in 2013. The ruling damaged Pakistan’s reputation among investors and cost it financially too.
During his term at the helm, Chief Justice Saqib Nisar gave several controversial verdicts that were beyond his constitutional authority. Not only was Nisar behind the scandalous initiative of establishing a fund to collect donations for the construction of a dam but also, he repeatedly interfered in daily administrative affairs by using suo motu authority of his office to an unprecedented extent.
The Supreme Court is tasked with providing a fair and impartial interpretation of the law. However, its recent decisions have created an atmosphere of uncertainty in the country as citizens are unsure of how these decisions will be implemented. It is now up to the Supreme Court to prove that it can remain impartial and make decisions as per the Constitution rather than politics. Only then can it restore public trust in the judiciary and prevent further damage to the institution and the country.
REFERENCES:
Wikipedia
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/06/23/politics-at-bench-pakistani...
The Diplomat
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The Problem With the Implementation of Pakistan’s Supreme Court Verdicts 
The recent ruling fixing a date for the Punjab provincial assembly elections is deeply controversial as it lays bare the apex court’s partisan bias.
Recent rulings by the Pakistan Supreme Court have thrust it into the middle of the ongoing political crisis in the country. These decisions, often made by partisan judges, are eroding the stature of and public confidence in Pakistan’s judiciary.
For over a year now, Pakistan’s political parties have been wrangling over the holding of elections. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been pushing for elections to the National Assembly (NA) to be advanced and for the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial assembly elections to be held before general elections. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)- led government prefers the elections to be held at the same time. Elections to the NA are due later this year.
Amid this political wrangling, Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial has come under scrutiny for his suo motu action on the Punjab assembly elections. Earlier this month, a three-member bench led by Bandial fixed May 14 as the new date for elections to the Punjab assembly. In doing so, he quashed a decision by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to defer polls in the province from April 10 to October 8.
This Supreme Court ruling is a major setback to the Shehbaz Sharif government, which has been trying to defer elections to the Punjab assembly, which was dissolved on January 13. The ruling PML-N-Pakistan People’s Party alliance is opposed to holding assembly elections in Punjab ahead of national elections.
As per the rules, elections are to be held under a caretaker government. With an elected government in place in Punjab, especially should that be led by the opposition PTI, the chances of victory for the ruling combine in Pakistan’s most populous and electorally crucial province in the general election could be undermined.
Sharif’s government has openly objected to the Supreme Court order to hold assembly elections in Punjab on May 14, saying that this is meant to facilitate victory by the PTI. The PTI, which enjoys immense popularity in Pakistan, believes it can win the upcoming election in Punjab, which will give it an upper hand administratively in the province when the NA elections take place subsequently across Pakistan.
Chief Justice Bandial’s authority and neutrality have been further eroded following revelations that the Supreme Court judges objected to the initiation of proceedings under Article 184(3) of the Constitution on the PTI’s petition regarding polls in Punjab.
REFERENCES:
Wikipedia
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/06/23/politics-at-bench-pakistani...
The Diplomat
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drmaqazi · 5 months
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The Problem With the Implementation of Pakistan’s Supreme Court Verdicts 
The recent ruling fixing a date for the Punjab provincial assembly elections is deeply controversial as it lays bare the apex court’s partisan bias.
Recent rulings by the Pakistan Supreme Court have thrust it into the middle of the ongoing political crisis in the country. These decisions, often made by partisan judges, are eroding the stature of and public confidence in Pakistan’s judiciary.
For over a year now, Pakistan’s political parties have been wrangling over the holding of elections. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been pushing for elections to the National Assembly (NA) to be advanced and for the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial assembly elections to be held before general elections. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)- led government prefers the elections to be held at the same time. Elections to the NA are due later this year.
Amid this political wrangling, Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial has come under scrutiny for his suo motu action on the Punjab assembly elections. Earlier this month, a three-member bench led by Bandial fixed May 14 as the new date for elections to the Punjab assembly. In doing so, he quashed a decision by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to defer polls in the province from April 10 to October 8.
This Supreme Court ruling is a major setback to the Shehbaz Sharif government, which has been trying to defer elections to the Punjab assembly, which was dissolved on January 13. The ruling PML-N-Pakistan People’s Party alliance is opposed to holding assembly elections in Punjab ahead of national elections.
As per the rules, elections are to be held under a caretaker government. With an elected government in place in Punjab, especially should that be led by the opposition PTI, the chances of victory for the ruling combine in Pakistan’s most populous and electorally crucial province in the general election could be undermined.
Sharif’s government has openly objected to the Supreme Court order to hold assembly elections in Punjab on May 14, saying that this is meant to facilitate victory by the PTI. The PTI, which enjoys immense popularity in Pakistan, believes it can win the upcoming election in Punjab, which will give it an upper hand administratively in the province when the NA elections take place subsequently across Pakistan.
Chief Justice Bandial’s authority and neutrality have been further eroded following revelations that the Supreme Court judges objected to the initiation of proceedings under Article 184(3) of the Constitution on the PTI’s petition regarding polls in Punjab.
When Bandial ruled in favor of early elections in Punjab, a number of top judges ruled that PTI’s suo motu request was dismissed on the ground of maintainability. The objection from the judges was based on their understanding that such action should not be taken without consulting all members of the court, and that the issue was pending in provincial courts and didn’t qualify as an issue of public interest.
The ruling coalition is in no mood to implement the top court’s rulings, which it believes may undermine its electoral prospects in the upcoming general elections.
Meanwhile, the ECP has complained that its constitutional authority has been undermined by the Supreme Court as the latter issued a date for Punjab assembly elections without its consent.
To find a way out of the situation, the parliament has tried to enact legislation to curtail the powers of the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) with regard to unilaterally taking suo motu actions. However, earlier this month Bandial ruled that the bill curtailing the CJP’s powers will remain ineffective even if it becomes law. The ruling virtually undermines the legislature’s ability to do its work.
The situation has gotten to a point where the state seems to be in a revolt against the top judge’s orders over the elections. The State Bank of Pakistan has refused to obey the chief justice’s order to directly allocate funds to the ECP without the parliament’s approval. The Defense Ministry has made it clear that it cannot allocate security personnel as they are busy with military operations across the country. Meanwhile, the government has refused to enter into negotiations with PTI leadership under pressure from the Supreme Court.
This is not the first time that the apex court’s chief justices have tried to intervene in matters that are beyond their remit, undermining the judiciary’s legitimacy and harming Pakistan’s interests at home and abroad.
Rulings by Supreme Court judges have in fact left Pakistan weaker and caused trouble for policymakers and concerns for international investors. One of the most notable examples in this regard is the verdict handed out by former Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary in the Reko Diq deal in 2013. The ruling damaged Pakistan’s reputation among investors and cost it financially too.
During his term at the helm, Chief Justice Saqib Nisar gave several controversial verdicts that were beyond his constitutional authority. Not only was Nisar behind the scandalous initiative of establishing a fund to collect donations for the construction of a dam but also, he repeatedly interfered in daily administrative affairs by using suo motu authority of his office to an unprecedented extent.
The Supreme Court is tasked with providing a fair and impartial interpretation of the law. However, its recent decisions have created an atmosphere of uncertainty in the country as citizens are unsure of how these decisions will be implemented. It is now up to the Supreme Court to prove that it can remain impartial and make decisions as per the Constitution rather than politics. Only then can it restore public trust in the judiciary and prevent further damage to the institution and the country.
REFERENCES:
Wikipedia
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/06/23/politics-at-bench-pakistani...
The Diplomat
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soolegal · 6 months
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An appeal to Hon'ble the CJP Bandial and his Companion Judges of the Pakistan Supreme Court
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piyasahaberleri · 8 months
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İslamabad'daki Pakistan Yüksek Mahkemesi binasının görünümü. — AFP/Dosya Yüksek Mahkeme Cumartesi günü, federal hükümetin, yüksek mahkemenin Ulusal Mesuliyet Bürosu (NAB) yasalarında meydana getirilen değişimleri iptal eden 15 Eylül sonucuna karşı mahkeme içi itirazını dinlemeye karar verdi. Yüksek mahkemenin üç üyeli daha büyük bir heyeti (o zamanki Baş Yargıç Umer Ata Bandial başkanlığında, Yargıç Ijaz Ul Ahsan ve Yargıç Syed Mansoor Ali Shah'dan oluşuyor) 15 Eylül'de 2-1 çoğunlukla kamu dairesine karşı yolsuzluk davalarını tekrardan başlatmıştı. - sahipleri, PDM hükümeti tarafınca 1999 Ulusal Mesuliyet Yönetmeliği'nde (NAO) meydana getirilen bazı değişimleri Anayasa'da yer edinen kamu çıkarına ilişkin haklara aykırı duyuru ederek iptal ettikten sonrasında.Ondan sonra federal hükümet, 2023 tarihindeki Yüksek Mahkeme (Uygulama ve Usul) Yasası'nın 5. Kısmı uyarınca üst mahkemenin sonucuna karşı itirazda bulunmuş oldu.Pakistan Başyargıcı (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa başkanlığındaki ve Yargıç Amin-Ud-Din Khan, Yargıç Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Yargıç Athar Minullah ve Yargıç Hasan Azhar Rizvi'den oluşan beş üyeli daha büyük bir kurul Salı günü savunmayı üstlenecek.Üst mahkeme avukatlara da tebligat yayınladı.Hükümet, parlamento tarafınca kabul edilen yasayı iptal ederek ve NAB yasasında değişim yaparak, üst mahkemenin yetkilerini aştığını ileri sürmüştü.Ek olarak parlamentonun yasa çıkarma yetkisine haiz olduğu ve NAB yasasında değişim icra eden bir yasa çıkarmış olduğu ileri sürüldü."Bir mevzuat vatandaşların temel haklarına aykırı ise mahkeme onu iptal edebilir" dedi sadece NAB kanununda meydana getirilen değişikliklerin vatandaşların temel haklarını etkilemediğini de sözlerine ekledi.Kararın arkasından NAB, eski başbakanlar da dahil olmak suretiyle siyasal kodamanlara karşı davaları tekrardan açtı.Geçen yıl Haziran ayında Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Başkanı Imran Khan, Anayasa'nın 184(3) maddesi uyarınca yüksek mahkemeye bir dilekçe sunarak, değişikliklerin "Anayasanın ultra vires"i olduğu nedeni öne sürülerek iptal edilmesi için yakarış etmişti.NAB yasasında meydana getirilen değişimler, NAB'nin yargı yetkisini 500 milyon Rs'yi aşan davalarla sınırlayan ve sanığın beraat ettikten sonrasında yatırılan müdafa pazarlığı miktarını talep etmesine müsaade eden değişim de dahil olmak suretiyle mahkeme tarafınca iptal edildi.Eski CJP Bandial tarafınca yazılan karar, İmran Khan'ın dilekçesinin Anayasanın 9, 14, 24 (iyelik haklarının korunması) ve 25 (vatandaşların eşitliği) maddelerini ihlal etmesi ve kamuoyunu genel olarak etkilemesi sebebiyle kabul edilebilir bulunduğunu duyuru etti. Devlet kaynaklarının kamu kalkınma projelerinden hususi kullanıma hukuka aykırı bir halde saptırılması yoksulluğa, yaşam kalitesinin düşmesine ve adaletsizliğe yol açmaktadır.
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blogynews · 9 months
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"The Enigmatic Rise of Qazi Faez Isa: Unveiling Pakistan's Electrifying New Chief Justice"
Qazi Faez Isa has been sworn in as the 29th Chief Justice of Pakistan, taking over from Umar Ata Bandial, as reported by The News International. It is noteworthy that Justice Isa had not been assigned any constitutional case for the past three years during Imran Khan’s tenure as the Prime Minister, due to a presidential reference filed against him in 2019. One of Justice Isa’s first actions as…
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blogynewz · 9 months
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"The Enigmatic Rise of Qazi Faez Isa: Unveiling Pakistan's Electrifying New Chief Justice"
Qazi Faez Isa has been sworn in as the 29th Chief Justice of Pakistan, taking over from Umar Ata Bandial, as reported by The News International. It is noteworthy that Justice Isa had not been assigned any constitutional case for the past three years during Imran Khan’s tenure as the Prime Minister, due to a presidential reference filed against him in 2019. One of Justice Isa’s first actions as…
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blogynewsz · 9 months
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"The Enigmatic Rise of Qazi Faez Isa: Unveiling Pakistan's Electrifying New Chief Justice"
Qazi Faez Isa has been sworn in as the 29th Chief Justice of Pakistan, taking over from Umar Ata Bandial, as reported by The News International. It is noteworthy that Justice Isa had not been assigned any constitutional case for the past three years during Imran Khan’s tenure as the Prime Minister, due to a presidential reference filed against him in 2019. One of Justice Isa’s first actions as…
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dnsh007 · 10 months
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A Major Case in Supreme Court | CJ Bandial in Action on Toshakhana case|...
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newsworld123 · 1 year
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SC Hears ECPs Review Petition Against May 14 Elections
The three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial and including Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Muneeb Akhtar, will commence the hearing at 12 midday. ISLAMABAD: (UrduPoint/UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News-May 29th, 2023) The Supreme Court of Pakistan is scheduled to resume the hearing on the review petition filed by the Election Commission (ECP) regarding the court’s…
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kumarseo · 1 year
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Supreme Court of Pakistan orders immediate release of Imran Khan
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered the immediate release of Imran Khan, the former Pakistan cricketer and Prime Minister, from custody after declaring his arrest “unlawful” on Thursday. The Chief Justice of Pakistan’s Supreme Court, Umar Ata Bandial, ordered Imran’s immediate release after the warrants through which he was arrested in Islamabad on Tuesday were also declared null and…
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drmaqazi · 5 months
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The Problem With the Implementation of Pakistan’s Supreme Court Verdicts 
The recent ruling fixing a date for the Punjab provincial assembly elections is deeply controversial as it lays bare the apex court’s partisan bias.
Recent rulings by the Pakistan Supreme Court have thrust it into the middle of the ongoing political crisis in the country. These decisions, often made by partisan judges, are eroding the stature of and public confidence in Pakistan’s judiciary.
For over a year now, Pakistan’s political parties have been wrangling over the holding of elections. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been pushing for elections to the National Assembly (NA) to be advanced and for the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial assembly elections to be held before general elections. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)- led government prefers the elections to be held at the same time. Elections to the NA are due later this year.
Amid this political wrangling, Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial has come under scrutiny for his suo motu action on the Punjab assembly elections. Earlier this month, a three-member bench led by Bandial fixed May 14 as the new date for elections to the Punjab assembly. In doing so, he quashed a decision by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to defer polls in the province from April 10 to October 8.
This Supreme Court ruling is a major setback to the Shehbaz Sharif government, which has been trying to defer elections to the Punjab assembly, which was dissolved on January 13. The ruling PML-N-Pakistan People’s Party alliance is opposed to holding assembly elections in Punjab ahead of national elections.
As per the rules, elections are to be held under a caretaker government. With an elected government in place in Punjab, especially should that be led by the opposition PTI, the chances of victory for the ruling combine in Pakistan’s most populous and electorally crucial province in the general election could be undermined.
Sharif’s government has openly objected to the Supreme Court order to hold assembly elections in Punjab on May 14, saying that this is meant to facilitate victory by the PTI. The PTI, which enjoys immense popularity in Pakistan, believes it can win the upcoming election in Punjab, which will give it an upper hand administratively in the province when the NA elections take place subsequently across Pakistan.
Chief Justice Bandial’s authority and neutrality have been further eroded following revelations that the Supreme Court judges objected to the initiation of proceedings under Article 184(3) of the Constitution on the PTI’s petition regarding polls in Punjab.
When Bandial ruled in favor of early elections in Punjab, a number of top judges ruled that PTI’s suo motu request was dismissed on the ground of maintainability. The objection from the judges was based on their understanding that such action should not be taken without consulting all members of the court, and that the issue was pending in provincial courts and didn’t qualify as an issue of public interest.
The ruling coalition is in no mood to implement the top court’s rulings, which it believes may undermine its electoral prospects in the upcoming general elections.
Meanwhile, the ECP has complained that its constitutional authority has been undermined by the Supreme Court as the latter issued a date for Punjab assembly elections without its consent.
To find a way out of the situation, the parliament has tried to enact legislation to curtail the powers of the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) with regard to unilaterally taking suo motu actions. However, earlier this month Bandial ruled that the bill curtailing the CJP’s powers will remain ineffective even if it becomes law. The ruling virtually undermines the legislature’s ability to do its work.
The situation has gotten to a point where the state seems to be in a revolt against the top judge’s orders over the elections. The State Bank of Pakistan has refused to obey the chief justice’s order to directly allocate funds to the ECP without the parliament’s approval. The Defense Ministry has made it clear that it cannot allocate security personnel as they are busy with military operations across the country. Meanwhile, the government has refused to enter into negotiations with PTI leadership under pressure from the Supreme Court.
This is not the first time that the apex court’s chief justices have tried to intervene in matters that are beyond their remit, undermining the judiciary’s legitimacy and harming Pakistan’s interests at home and abroad.
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REFERENCES:
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/06/23/politics-at-bench-pakistani...
The Diplomat
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piyasahaberleri · 9 months
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[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3DPVlynUM0[/embed] İSLAMABAD: Cuma günü 2-1 çoğunluk kararıyla Yüksek Mahkeme, önceki Pakistan Demokratik Hareketi (PDM) liderliğindeki hükümetin vazife süresi süresince 1999 senesinde Ulusal Mesuliyet Yönetmeliğinde (NAO) meydana getirilen bazı değişimleri iptal etti. CJP Bandial başkanlığındaki, Yargıç Mansoor Ali Shah ve Yargıç Ijazul Ahsan'ın da dahil olduğu üç üyeli kurul, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Başkanı İmran Khan'ın değişikliklere karşı dilekçesi üstüne 50'den fazla duruşma düzenledi ve sonucu saklı tuttu 5 Eylül'deki duruşmadaCJP Bandial emekli olmadan ilkin "kısa ve tatlı bir kararın" açıklanacağına söz vermişti - apeks mahkemesinin baş yargıcı olarak son günü 17 Eylül (Pazar).Yargıtay, bugünkü çoğunluk sonucunda, değişim sonrasında kapatılan kamu görevlisi aleyhindeki yolsuzluk davalarını tekrardan başlattı.Bu gelişen bir hikayedir ve yakında güncellenecektir...
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