LAHORE: A batch of pending petitions seeking formation of a separate judicial commission to probe the alleged rigging of the February 8 general elections and the May 9 riots has been fixed for hearing before a seven-member constitution bench of the Supreme Court.
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 the second petition on December 10, which calls for “cancellation of trials of civilians in military courts”.
The constitution bench includes Justice Aminuddin, Justice Jamal Khan Mandukhel, Justice Muhammad 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 “enquiry, audit and examine” the conduct and procedures of the February 8 general elections in the country. was done
The petition filed by senior advocate Hamid Khan on behalf of the PTI founder sought the formation of a judicial commission of the Supreme Court – comprising judges of the Supreme Court who are not biased – “ Methods and procedures for enquiry, audit and scrutiny of the February 8, 2024 general election and subsequent developments by setting up false and fraudulent results among the losers who won and the winners who lost”.
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 appoint a judicial commission to “probe the horrific and horrific events of May 9-10 and the steps taken that led to these unfortunate events, in which precious human lives were lost.” Dozens of lives were lost and government and private properties were damaged.”
In the petition, he also said that peacetime arrests, interrogations and trials of civilians under the Army Act, 1952, read with the Official Secrets Act, 1923, is unconstitutional and void and has no legal effect. Constitution is tantamount to negation of principle. Independence of Law and Judiciary
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Additionally, the constitution bench will also hear other petitions, including a petition to transfer Imran from Adiala jail to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa jail for security reasons.
The scheduled cases also include two separate petitions, seeking action against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Raja Sultan for allegedly rigging the 2024 general elections.