Dawood Ahmed :
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court of Pakistan has rejected the application about the formation of a full court to hear the ruling of the deputy speaker Punjab Assembly. The component parties of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) had demanded of the apex court to form a full court bench to hear the case about the ruling of deputy speaker PA.
Judgment about the ruling of the deputy speaker of Punjab Assembly, Dost Muhammad Mazari would be announced tomorrow at 11:30, a short order from the apex court stated.
The verdict was announced after a marathon hearing that began at 1 pm and lasted more than eight hours, during which time a three-member bench presided by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial heard the arguments of the government and its allies’ counsels.
Justice Bandial made the remarks during the hearing of a petition filed by PML-Q leader Chaudhry Parvez Elahi challenging Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Dost Mohammad Mazari’s decision in the chief minister’s re-election last week, which led to Hamza Shehbaz’s victory.
A three-judge bench will decide the fate of the ruling of the deputy speaker PA tomorrow (Tuesday).
