Pakistan Supreme Court
Pakistan News: Elections are over in Pakistan. However, the parties are still manipulating regarding the alliance. No one knows when the oath of office of Prime Minister will be taken. Meanwhile, there is a lot of criticism regarding election rigging in Pakistan. A retired military officer has filed a petition in the Pakistan Supreme Court in this regard. However, after filing the petition, he himself remained absent during the hearing. The Supreme Court has reprimanded this.
According to the information, the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday strongly reprimanded and summoned the petitioner, a retired army officer, who appealed to declare the elections invalid due to alleged rigging, for not being present in the court during the hearing. The elections held on February 8 in Pakistan have been surrounded by controversy due to several serious allegations of widespread rigging to change the results.
Whose government will be formed is not clear even after 10 days of voting
Even after 10 days of voting, it is not clear which party will form the government at the Centre. Independent candidates supported by former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party have won the highest number of seats in Parliament. However, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have announced to form the government together. No party has got a clear majority in the elections. The post-poll alliance between PML-N and PPP means that PTI will not be able to form the next federal government.
‘The mandate is being harmed with the help of the army’
Imran Khan’s party alleged that both the rival parties are trying to steal the mandate of the people with the help of the powerful establishment (army). According to ‘Dawn’ newspaper, a three-member bench of the apex court led by Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa heard the petition of Brigadier (retd) Ali Khan but the petitioner did not appear before the court.
Supreme Court will not be allowed to be misused: Judge said
The bench also included Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Mussarat Hilali. The court said, “Was the petition filed only for publicity? This cannot be allowed. We will not allow the Supreme Court to be misused.” The bench also said that the petition was filed on February 12 but it was already reported in the media. The court said that when contacted, the petitioner’s phone number was found to be switched off. Following this, the apex court issued notice to the former senior Pakistan military officer through the Defense Ministry and adjourned the hearing till February 21.
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