Now the Supreme Court is also sprinkling salt on the burn of opposition in Pakistan. The Supreme Court is now giving the date on the no-confidence motion case against Imran Khan. On Wednesday, the court adjourned the hearing of the case till Thursday. The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing till tomorrow, seeking details of the National Security Council meeting from the government to find out more about the alleged foreign conspiracy.
National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri on Sunday rejected the no-confidence motion, citing that it was linked to a so-called foreign conspiracy to topple the government. A few minutes later, President Arif Alvi dissolved the National Assembly on the advice of Prime Minister Khan.
The Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance of the development within a few hours and a five-judge bench started hearing the matter on Monday. The bench is headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandiyal and consists of Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Muneeb Akhtar and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail.
Babar Awan appeared on behalf of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on Wednesday, the third day of the hearing, while President Alvi was represented by Ali Zafar. Chief Justice Bandiyal asked Awan about the ‘minutes’ of a recent meeting of the National Security Council, which discussed a letter allegedly showing evidence of an alleged foreign conspiracy to topple the PTI-led government.
According to the news of Dawn newspaper, during the hearing, Justice Bandiyal asked on what basis the Deputy Speaker passed the decision. “Can the speaker announce such a decision without presenting the facts,” he asked. He said it was a constitutional point on which the court had to decide.
He also asked Awan to inform the court whether the Speaker could issue a judgment bypassing Article 95 which was not on the agenda for the day. He asked PTI’s counsel to defend the verdict with concrete evidence. He asked Awan, where are the minutes of the meeting of the National Security Council? “We want to see whether there was a conspiracy which was used to reject the proposal,” he said.