ISLAMABAD: The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has fixed for hearing the petitions of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to investigate the alleged rigging of the February 8 general elections and constitute a judicial commission on the May 9 riots.
A seven-member bench headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan will hear PTI founder Imran Khan’s petition against election rigging on December 11.
Meanwhile, the Constitutional Bench will hear a second petition on December 10, which calls for “cancellation of the trial of civilians in military courts”.
The constitution bench will consist of Justice Aminuddin, Justice Jamal Khan Mandukhel, Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, Justice Musrat Hilali, Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Shahid Bilal Hasan.
The jailed PTI founder had approached the Supreme Court in March 2024, seeking the formation of a judicial commission to “enquire, audit and scrutinize” the conduct and procedures of the country’s February 8 general elections. was requested.
The petition, filed by senior advocate Hamid Khan on behalf of the PTI founder, sought the formation of a judicial commission of the apex court – comprising judges of the Supreme Court who are not biased towards anyone – “ Methods and procedures for enquiry, audit and scrutiny of the February 8, 2024 general elections and subsequent developments by setting up false and fraudulent results in winners as losers and losers as winners.”
In the elections held on February 8, PTI-backed independent candidates won the highest number of seats in the National Assembly, followed by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). are
However, the Muslim League (N) formed a coalition government at the Center with the support of other parties, including the PPP, and later became the single largest party in the lower house of parliament after devolution of reserved seats.
Meanwhile, the former prime minister, in another petition, requested the Supreme Court to set up a judicial commission to probe the horrific and horrifying events of May 9-10 and the steps that led to these unfortunate events. Dozens of people and government and private properties were damaged.
In the petition, he also said that peacetime arrests, interrogation and trial of civilians under the Army Act, 1952, read with the Official Secrets Act, 1923, is unconstitutional and void and has no legal effect and that Constitution is tantamount to negation of principle. Independence of Law and Judiciary