The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday sought the text of Home Minister Rana Sanaullah and Information Minister Maryam Aurangzeb. 18 July press conference In which the former had allegedly mentioned about making PTI an MLA. disappear Before the election of the upcoming Chief Minister in Punjab.
A two-member bench of Justice Muneeb Akhtar and Justice Ijazul Ahsan heard the petition filed by PML-Q leader Elahi.
During the hearing today, Elahi’s lawyer Faisal Farid urged the court to initiate contempt proceedings against Sanaullah, Aurangzeb and PML-N leader Ataullah Tarar.
He argued that he had violated 1 July Supreme Court order To conduct a “run-off poll” for the office of the Chief Minister of Punjab on 22 July and during the intervening period, “Hamza Shahbaz remains within the ambit of the Constitution and the law without incidents of harassment of political opponents or witch-hunts”. .
Further, the counsel urged the court to fix the petition for hearing.
However, Justice Ahsan remarked that the petitioner was “citing only a newspaper clipping” and summoned a transcript of the press conference in the court.
The court further said that once the text is submitted, the matter will be scheduled for hearing.
elahi’s petition
PML-Q leader filed complaint petition On Tuesday, urged the Supreme Court to initiate contempt proceedings against Hamza, Sanaullah and Aurangzeb.
In a petition filed through Farid, Elahi had said that later PTI’s victory in the by-elections held on July 17 For the 20 seats, the petitioner and his allies had secured the requisite majority to form the next government in Punjab, as decided by the state’s sovereigns at large. It urged the Supreme Court to summon the alleged contempt and punish them for violating the court’s directions.
As per the Supreme Court’s July 1 order, he claimed, the preparations for the Punjab CM election were going on without any hindrance and he was determined to conduct the elections and business of the Assembly in a peaceful, fair, transparent manner in accordance with the Constitution and the Constitution. were determined to The law strictly as well as in accordance with the letter and spirit of the court order.
However, he alleged, the respondents were panicked and were showing extreme anger and despair after losing majority in the Punjab Assembly. He further alleged that the defendants have threatened to “remove members” of PTI and its affiliates by acting in a reckless, unconstitutional and illegal manner, who are openly violating the directions of the court.
According to the petition, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah’s statement “abuses, interferes and obstructs the process” of the court, as it was to be construed as an impediment to the implementation of the court’s order and amounted to creating a constitutional void. , discrepancy or complicity, and will deprive the citizens of Punjab of proper representation and governance.
July 19 press conference
In a press conference with Aurangzeb on Monday, Sanaullah had said: “We will not let Elahi become CM easily.
“If five to seven MLAs of PTI do not come to the assembly on the day of polling (July 22), how will PTI have a chief minister,” he said. He had asked.
according to a dawn report goodThe PML-N is working on different cases to ‘detain’ some PTI MPs or offer lucrative packages to some of them to abstain from voting.