The PTI-led government on Thursday termed the Supreme Court’s verdict as “unfortunate”.
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In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court on Thursday declared the deputy speaker’s ruling conflicting to the constitution and restored the dissolved national assembly.
The court nullified all the measures taken by Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Arif Alvi and said the speaker could not adjourn national assembly’s session without voting on a no-confidence motion.
The court ordered to call the legislature’s session on Saturday for voting on the no-confidence motion. It also ordered to keep the voting process free of impediments.
Minister for Information and Law Fawad Chaudhry said a change in government would force Pakistan to start “the struggle from March 23, 1940,” as he tried to portray a picture of the country under the Opposition’s rule.
“We will have to struggle again for an independent Pakistan. The Opposition is trying to push Pakistan towards slavery; we will not let them succeed,” Fawad, who has now been restored as the federal minister after the court’s order, said during a conversation with journalists.
In response to a question about whether the decision was one-sided, the federal minister said there were “several discrepancies” in the Supreme Court’s order.
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The information and law minister, in a tweet, said it was “unfortunate that the decision is now pushing the country towards further political turmoil”, as early elections could have brought stability.
