ISLAMABAD - As a five-member bench of the Supreme Court would resume hearing the petitions against Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf and Pakistan Awmi Tehreek sit-ins tomorrow (Monday), an application has been filed in the apex court to constitute a judicial commission to investigate the alleged rigging in the general elections 2013.
The petitioner advocate Qamar Afzal prayed to the court to resolve the political imbroglio created due to PTI and PAT sit-ins in the Red Zone.
Qamar Afzal had also represented former president Pervez Musharraf in the Supreme Court in a case filed to initiate high treason trial against the former military dictator.
Qamar made federation, PTI, PAT, KP government, PEMRA and chief commissioner, Islamabad, as respondents. His stance is that the present political deadlock is due to the rigging in the last general elections.
The petitioner said the media have raised many questions on the transparency of the elections 2013, adding for the continuation of democracy it is must that the deadlock should be resolved.
Qamar Afzal prayed that a five-member judicial commission comprising chief justices of High Courts should be established to examine the alleged rigging in the general elections and submit its report within 30 days in the Supreme Court.
A five-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk, would resume hearing of 10 identical petitions of various bar associations against PTI and PAT demonstrations tomorrow (Monday).
The bench would take up federation application regarding PTI and PAT workers attack on Parliament House and PTV centre. In the last hearing, the federation through attorney general had filed an application highlighting certain facts about attack on the Parliament House and PTV building by the protesters.
The AGP argued that the moral of police has been lowered down, while the government is totally paralysed. He said; “The govt cannot perform its constitution responsibilities, therefore requested the bench to pass an appropriate order in this regard.”