SC verdict on no-trust should be implemented in ‘letter and spirit’: AGP

Khalid Jawed Khan's statement comes as PTI govt drags feet in NA session underway to decide the fate of PM Imran

ISLAMABAD:

Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan has said the Supreme Court’s ruling directing the National Assembly speaker to hold the voting on-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan should be implemented in letter and spirit.

“I always fight in court but once the court passed order, it has to be implemented in letter and spirit and it shall be done,” the AGP told media persons in Islamabad on Saturday.

His statement comes as political uncertainty continues to grip the country with crucial NA session to decide the fate of the premier is currently underway in the federal capital.

In a landmark unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court on Thursday set aside National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri’s ruling to dismiss the no-trust resolution against PM Imran and the subsequent dissolution of the lower house of parliament by President Arif Alvi on the premier’s advice.

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“The ruling of the deputy speaker of the National Assembly in relation to the resolution for a vote of no-confidence against the prime minister under Article 95 of the Constitution are declared to be contrary to the Constitution and the law and of no legal effect, and the same are hereby set aside,” the top court said in its short order.

The 5-0 ruling ordered parliament to reconvene on Saturday (today), no later than 10:30am, saying that the session could not be prorogued without the conclusion of the no-trust motion against PM Imran.

“It is declared that the resolution was pending and subsisting at all times and continues to so remain pending and subsisting.”

The NA session, chaired by National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, is expected to hold voting on no-trust motion at around 8pm while some media reports claimed that PM Imran has summoned an emergency meeting of the federal cabinet at 9pm today.