Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday proposed the name of the former Pakistani Main justice Gulzar Ahmed as PM guard This followed after Pakistani President Alvi issued a command de-preaching Imran Khan as the State Prime Minister with a direct effect on Sunday night. However, President Alvi issued another order later, asked Imran Khan to continue as prime minister while until the “Prime Minister of the Caregiver” was chosen based on article 224 a Pakistani constitution.
On Monday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Casa (PTI) announced that Imran Khan had nomined former CJP as PM guards “Responding to the President’s letter, after the consultation and approval of the PTI Corps Committee, Prime Minister Imran Khan has nomined the former Chairman of the Pakistan Judge Gulzar Ahmed for the initial position of the caregivers,” PTI tweeted.
WHO IS GULZAR AHMED?
Gulzar Ahmed was sworn in as Chair of the 27th Pakistani chairman on December 21, 2019. He served as chairman of the judge until February 2022. He was part of the five judges who dismalized former Premier Nawaz Sharif in the case of Panama Papers. He made headlines many times because of his strong verdict and his comments against the government and bureaucrats.
Justice Ahmed also ordered the authorities to reconstruct a temple damaged by a horde in northwest Pakistan and instructed them to recover money for restoration work from attackers whose actions had caused “international shame” against Pakistan. He also attended a large function in the temple that was rebuilt to celebrate the Diwali Festival last year and to express solidarity with members of the Hindu community.
POLITICAL TURMOIL IN PAKISTAN
On Sunday, April 3, Imran Khan survived the opposition attempt to drive him from power after the movement without confidence in him was rejected by the representative of the National Assembly speaker, who claimed it was a “foreign conspiracy”. After that, Imran Khan suggested the president to dissolve the National Assembly. Thus, the National Assembly has been dissolved and the election will take place in Pakistan in the next 90 days, according to the government.
Meanwhile, the opposition has taken the matter to the Supreme Court, who heard the request for dissolution of assembly.
WHAT HAPPENED IN SUPREME COURT TODAY?
On Monday, the Supreme Court rejected the petition for a full court by the Pakistani People’s Party, with chairman Makes saying, “If you object to the bench, we will wake up and leave.” Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the formation of benches was the main prerogative justice. Larger benches from the Supreme Court – consisting of chairman of the judge Umar Ata Embassy, Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice of Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel, Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail – Take a problem about the rejection of the Deputy of the National Assembly and the dissolution of the next assembly.
Pakistani President Alvi, the Supreme Court Bar Association, and all political parties have made respondents in this case. Lawyers from the government and opposition led by Imran Khan presented their arguments on the verdict by the representative of the speaker. When the court began to hear in this case, the chairman of the bandial judge said the court would issue a “reasonable order” on this problem.
What the judges said:
- Chief Justice Bandial said that even if the speaker of the National Assembly cites Article 5 of the Constitution, the no-confidence motion cannot be rejected, Geo News reported. He further observed that a debate before voting on the no-confidence motion had been clearly mentioned in the law, but didn’t take place.
- Justice Ahsan noted that there were violations in the proceedings of the no-trust resolution, Dawn reported.
- Justice Akhtar expressed dubiousness over the deputy speaker’s constitutional authority to pass such a ruling. He observed that only the speaker has the right to pass the ruling.
Farooq H Naek, who represents the shared opposition, asks the court to issue a verdict on this problem. But the bench refused to do it, said that it was impossible to pass the verdict today because the decision of the APEX court would have extensive results. “The court will hear all the representatives from the parties before concluding hearing,” said Chairman of the Judge during the trial.
Then, the court delayed this case until 12 noon on Tuesday, April 5.
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