NAB AMENDMENTS: JUSTICE MANSOOR ALI SHAH RAISED IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT IMRAN KHAN'S CONDUCT

NAB AMENDMENTS: JUSTICE MANSOOR ALI SHAH RAISED IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT IMRAN KHAN'S CONDUCT

During the hearing on Imran Khan's petition against NAB amendments in the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah raised important questions on the conduct of Imran Khan and PTI.

Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial heard the application.

During the hearing, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, who was included in the bench, said that Imran Khan and his party avoided voting on the NAB amendment bill. Can a member of the assembly leave the parliament empty? Isn't bringing the work done in the parliament to the courts weaken the parliament?

They say that not accepting the resignation means that the membership of the assembly is intact, and the member of the assembly is the representative of the people of the constituency and the trustee of their trust, is it right for the trustee of the public trust to boycott the parliament? Isn't boycotting the time of legislation and then going to court weakening parliamentary democracy?

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah says that how will it be determined that the NAB amendments are a case of public interest and importance? Is public interest to be determined by 3 judges sitting in the court? Are people shouting against NAB amendments? What fundamental rights does the NAB Amendment conflict with? Not pointed out, Imran Khan's lawyers continued to refer to Islamic provisions and the basic structure of the Constitution.

Federal government lawyer Makhdoom Ali Khan said that if Imran Khan wanted, he could have defeated the NAB amendments in the assembly.

Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Atta Bandyal said that he will get an answer from Imran Khan on this point, should he not hear the case of public interest only on the basis that the petitioner's conduct was not correct? Every leader takes the help of the constitution to justify their actions, boycotting the parliament was a political strategy of PTI, there is no legal justification for the political strategy, and sometimes even the legal strategy is politically useless. It seems silly, a boycott of parliamentary proceedings is happening all over the world, and the subcontinent has a long history of boycotts.

Justice Ejaz-ul-Ahsan, who was included in the bench of the Supreme Court, asked how many members approved the NAB amendments in the joint session of the Parliament.

Makhdoom Ali Khan replied that 166 members were participating in the joint session at the time of passing the bill.

Justice Ejaz-ul-Ahsan said that the number of members in the joint session is 446, which means that less than half of the people voted, and the court is only reviewing fundamental rights and the points of crossing constitutional limits.