Pak Opposition leaders celebrate apex court’s landmark ruling
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Pakistan Opposition leaders celebrated the Supreme Court's decision to set aside the deputy speaker’s ruling to dismiss the no-trust motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Pakistan’s jubilant Opposition leaders on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court’s landmark verdict that set aside the deputy speaker’s ruling to dismiss the no-trust motion against embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan, terming it an “epoch-making” day for the supremacy of the Constitution and a ruling against the “most incompetent and failed” government.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court struck down National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri’s controversial move to dismiss a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Khan, in a major blow to the cricketer-turned-politician who is now likely to face a no-trust vote on Saturday in Parliament after the ruling.
The court, in its short order, ruled that the deputy speaker’s ruling was “contrary to the Constitution and the law and of no legal effect, and the same are hereby set aside”.
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The apex court ruled that President Dr Arif Alvi’s decision to dissolve the National Assembly was also “contrary to the Constitution and the law and of no legal effect”, noting that the prime minister could not have advised the president to dissolve the assembly as he continues to remain under the bar imposed under clause (1) of Article 58 of the Constitution.
“An epoch-making day! Mubarak to all who supported, defended & campaigned for the supremacy of the Constitution. Today, politics of lies, deceit & allegations has been buried. The people of Pakistan have won! God bless Pakistan,” Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif said in a tweet.
Daughter of former prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz said the verdict was against the violators of the Constitution.
