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February 25, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed on Wednesday said a political party is more important than a party leader in a democracy.
The Chief Justice made these remarks while heading a five-member larger bench that had taken up a presidential reference seeking open balloting in the upcoming Senate elections.
At the outset of hearing, Advocate Kamran Murtaza, counsel for the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI), said the Attorney-General “might have misunderstood and he would argue the case before the court”. The Chief Justice responded that the court would hear his arguments.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) central leader Raza Rabbani, continuing his arguments, said he would try to conclude his arguments in 30 minutes. Upon this, the Chief Justice advised him to start his arguments “directly from the main point”.
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed observed that the purpose of invoking the apex court’s advisory jurisdiction by the president could not be made futile. SC website/File
ISLAMABAD: Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan on Tuesday feared that the entire exercise of hearing the presidential reference on open ballot for coming Senate elections by the Supreme Court would turn academic if the proceedings were not closed by Wednesday (today).
Otherwise, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) would not be left with ample time to complete the procedures that included printing of ballots for conducting the March 3 Senate elections, the AGP argued.
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