25th Amendment: AGP objects to maintainability

The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned hearing regarding declaration of the '25th Constitutional Amendment' ultra vires of the 1973 Constitution till the next month.

A three-member bench comprising Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Sajjad Ali Shah and Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah heard the case filed by Malik Anwarullah Khan.

During the course of proceedings, Attorney General for Pakistan Khalid Jawed Khan and the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa advocate general objected to the maintainability of petition.

Advocate Waseem Sajjad, counsel for the petitioner, said that he had submitted written replies to the objections on the admissibility of the petition.

He pleaded the court to first hear the merits of the case and then decide on the admissibility of the petition. The court granted the submission of the petitioner's counsel.

Justice Bandial said that the petitioners were relying on the assurance of Quaid-e-Azam in their petition. Sajjad pleaded the court to grant time and said that he would give arguments on the merit at the next hearing.

The court also directed the petitioner's counsel to submit a summary of arguments to the court.