ISLAMABAD: The legal wrangling which began after National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ash­raf acce­pted the resignations of 11 PTI members in July took a new turn on Tuesday as the party approached the Supr­eme Court against the high court’s decision.

The party moved a petition challenging the Sept 6 order of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to dismiss the PTI’s plea against the phase-wise acceptance of their lawmakers’ resignations.

All PTI lawmakers had resigned en masse on April 11, two days after former pri­me minister Imran Khan was ousted from the top office.

In the latest petition, mo­­ved through counsel Faisal Fareed, the party has requ­ested the apex court to set aside the high court’s order.

The speaker, the ECP, the federation through cabinet secretary and all 123 lawmakers have been named as respondents in the petition.

The petition argued that after the change of the government allegedly orchestrated as a consequence of foreign conspiracy and intervention, the PTI’s leadership took a policy decision to protest against it.

“To seek a fresh mandate from the people, the party decided to get all its elected members resigned en-bloc from the National Assembly.”

The decision was made in the parliamentary party meeting on April 11, chaired by PTI Chairman Imran Khan, it added.

The petition pleaded that Mr Ashraf has no authority to ‘sit over’ the accepted resignations.

Calling the IHC’s decision “vague, cursory and against the law”, the petition argued the court didn’t address legal and constitutional questions.

Published in Dawn, September 14th, 2022

Opinion

Editorial

Elusive deal
Updated 25 Mar, 2023

Elusive deal

The cost of ineptitude in dealing with the IMF will be brutal.
Orwellian schemes
Updated 25 Mar, 2023

Orwellian schemes

THE proposed task force to police social media for ‘anti-army’ content is a bad idea, simply because such vague...
Covid-19 on the rise
25 Mar, 2023

Covid-19 on the rise

IN a development that ought to be watched closely by the authorities, Covid-19 infections saw a sudden increase in a...
Delayed polls
Updated 24 Mar, 2023

Delayed polls

It is nothing less than a tragic betrayal of the people by the ECP.
Targeted killings
24 Mar, 2023

Targeted killings

DISTURBING echoes of a violent past have re-emerged in Karachi, and experience tells us that swift action is...
TB prevention
24 Mar, 2023

TB prevention

IF Pakistan is to achieve the target of effectively ending the tuberculosis epidemic in the country by 2035, as...