ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court has Friday completed the hearing of the constitutional petitions regarding November 3 measures and the appointments of judges of higher judiciary; the verdict will be announced at 3:30pm after Friday prayers.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry said he will not pass such a verdict as will trigger chaos in the country.
While giving arguments at the court, the Attorney General said the verdict should be such that it does not harm the system; thereupon, the CJ queried him about the ‘system’ and that the president, premier, parliament and provincial assemblies are the only constituents of the system.
On this, Justice Sardar Raza asked Hamid Khan Advocate whether an Army Chief of grade 22 could authorize the president to lift the emergency and that an Army Chief is empowered to impose emergency.
Giving his remarks, the CJ said if the November 3 step was wrong, then even a six-storey building is erected on this, that would be equally wrong.
Attorney General Lateef Khosa said in his arguments said today’s verdict will be extremely vital and a landmark decision in judicial history and dictatorship will die out, adding the verdict will be instrumental in changing people’s thought.
The Attorney General said the decision regarding the future of 37 ordinances should be left on the parliament. Commenting on this, the Chief Justice said the government should clarify its stance on this by providing the judiciary with a list of ordinances to be kept and jettisoned.
He continued that the supremacy of the constitution should be kept intact and this cannot be compromised.
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