Petition challenges commission on new provinces
Petition filed by chairman of Watan party challenges commission constituted for creation of new provinces.
LAHORE:
A constitutional petition has been filed with Supreme Court’s Lahore registry on Thursday challenging the commission constituted for the creation of new provinces.
A petition filed by chairman of Watan party Barrister Zafarullah Khan stated that the commission formed was discriminatory and did not represent the concerned parties.
He further added that its application was limited to a specific purpose and province.
He argued that if a new province would help in administration, it could be made through provincial assemblies and national assemblies, provided they are passed by two thirds majority. He further claimed that the commission formed was against Articles 239 (4) and 4, 5 and 8 of the Constitution.
“Pakistan today is a mirror of our political and ethical imperfections. This issue could have been raised during the 18th constitutional amendment,” he contested.
The Barrister said that the president did not have the power to constitute a commission, and that provinces were being made on the basis of ethnicities.
Terming the idea of a new province as fake, the petitioner argued “if new provinces were being made for the welfare of people then how do we have a Seraiki prime minister, Seraiki governor and a Seraiki foreign minister, whose husband is the biggest defaulter of electricity bills in Punjab.”
The petitioner prayed that the commission should be set aside.
A constitutional petition has been filed with Supreme Court’s Lahore registry on Thursday challenging the commission constituted for the creation of new provinces.
A petition filed by chairman of Watan party Barrister Zafarullah Khan stated that the commission formed was discriminatory and did not represent the concerned parties.
He further added that its application was limited to a specific purpose and province.
He argued that if a new province would help in administration, it could be made through provincial assemblies and national assemblies, provided they are passed by two thirds majority. He further claimed that the commission formed was against Articles 239 (4) and 4, 5 and 8 of the Constitution.
“Pakistan today is a mirror of our political and ethical imperfections. This issue could have been raised during the 18th constitutional amendment,” he contested.
The Barrister said that the president did not have the power to constitute a commission, and that provinces were being made on the basis of ethnicities.
Terming the idea of a new province as fake, the petitioner argued “if new provinces were being made for the welfare of people then how do we have a Seraiki prime minister, Seraiki governor and a Seraiki foreign minister, whose husband is the biggest defaulter of electricity bills in Punjab.”
The petitioner prayed that the commission should be set aside.