• Namdar Ali, a lawyer from Toba Tek Singh, filed plea.
• LHC Justice Shahid Karim expressed displeasure.
• It would be detrimental to the stability, said petitioner.

LAHORE: The LHC on Tuesday dismissed, as not maintainable, a petition seeking a direction to prevent the Punjab Assembly from being dissolved prematurely.

Namdar Ali, a lawyer from Toba Tek Singh, filed the petition.

Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Shahid Karim expressed his displeasure to the petitioner for wasting time of the court by filing an unnecessary and baseless petition.

The judge observed that the constitution was very much clear about the dissolution of an assembly.

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“How can this court restrain anyone from exercising a constitutional right?” the judge asked the petitioner before dismissing his petition.

Petitioner Ali submitted that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan announced dissolution of the provincial assemblies of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 23. He said the dissolution of the assemblies would be against the mandate of the Constitution and the autonomy of the provinces.

He contended that Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, in a TV interview, stated his wish that the legislature fulfilled its constitutional term, but at the same time claimed to have handed over a summary to Imran Khan for the dissolution of the assembly.

The petitioner alleged that the PTI chairman wanted to dissolve the Punjab Assembly for his personal gains, but it would be detrimental to the stability of the country.

He asked the court to restrain the chief minister from dissolution of the Punjab Assembly in the larger public interest.