ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said the detailed judgement issued by the Supreme Court on Wednesday had exposed the “pack of lies” of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan who did propaganda that the no-confidence vote against him was in fact the outcome of regime change.

“Honourable Supreme Court’s detailed judgement on Vote of No Confidence exposes the lies and propaganda indulged in by Imran Khan and company,” the prime minister said in a tweet.

Mr Sharif termed it utterly shameful how Mr Khan tried to undermine the Constitution and manufactured the lie of regime change.

“The judgement is a must-read for everyone,” he stressed.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a detailed judgement explaining the reasons behind its decision to set aside a controversial ruling by the National Assembly speaker on April 3 that dismissed the no-confidence motion against then prime minister Imran Khan.

In the verdict authored by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, the top judge stated that by dismissing the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan, Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri prima facie breached his constitutional duty.

Justice Bandial also said that the April 3 ruling failed to qualify for the protection of the internal proceedings of parliament under Article 69(1) as it was not the outcome of a vote in the National Assembly instead, it was a unilateral decision.

Published in Dawn, July 15th, 2022