Pakistan Supreme Court Decision to restore national assembly| Voting on no confidence motion to be held on saturday

The Supreme Court on Thursday returned to the National Assembly, declaring the president's decision to dissolve it, saying that NA Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri's decision to suspend Prime Minister Imran Khan's no-confidence motion was unconstitutional.



A five-member SC bench, led by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial, read out a brief order and returned it to the National Assembly.

Key points in the decision:

The decision of the Deputy Speaker of the NA has been declared unconstitutional

The National Assembly has been reinstated

Prime Minister's advice to dissolve the National Assembly

SC orders President Arif Alvi to convene a NA session on April 9th

The NA will hold a vote on a no-confidence motion on Saturday

"Given the above, it is hereby declared that the Prime Minister has always been subject to the terms of the Explanation to clause (1) of Section 58 of the Constitution and continues to be prohibited. Therefore he has not been able to. of Article 58, "states the order.


"Given the aforementioned, it has been declared that the Prime Minister's directive to the Prime Minister on 03.04.2022 or that the President dissolves the Assembly was unconstitutional and illegal," the order said.


The Supreme Court also "declared that the Council was always present, and continues to be so".


The Supreme Court has ordered the Speaker of the National Assembly Asad Qasier to convene a meeting on Saturday (April 9) no later than 10 am to vote on a motion of no confidence in the Prime Minister.


"... if the motion of no confidence in the prime minister is successful, the council will appoint a new prime minister," the high court order said.


The Supreme Court also ruled that the Speaker could not adjourn the meeting and terminate the meeting if the motion of no confidence failed or if a new prime minister had been elected if the motion of no confidence had been passed.


The court ruled that no member could be barred from voting. It also stated that if the motion of no confidence failed the government would continue to do its thing. Earlier in the day, during a hearing on the suo-motu announcement, CJP Umar Ata Bandial said they would announce the verdict in connection with the decision of Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri to block a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Imran Khan after holding five consecutive sessions. days.


Following the conclusion of the arguments by all parties, the high court reversed its decision, which was announced tonight.


On April 3, Pakistan's Chief Justice, Umar Ata Bandial, announced a constitutional crisis that erupted after Suri refused to vote on the proposal, which he considered "unconstitutional and funded by foreign currency" - a move the opposition party said was blatant. violation of the Constitution. "The meeting would not have been dissolved during the no-confidence motion," the CJP noted, adding that the dissolution of the meeting after the decision was tabled in the house was unconstitutional.


The AGP argued that the meeting could be adjourned only if the no-confidence motion had been dismissed. Shahbaz urges SC to reinstate parliament.

Meanwhile, when the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif was summoned to court, he said that if the court ruled that the Deputy Speaker's decision was "wrong", he should return it to Parliament.


Shahbaz also emphasized that if the Deputy Speaker's action was unconstitutional, the decisions taken by Prime Minister Imran Khan with the help of President Arif Alvi were also "unimportant".


"The motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Imran Khan will be automatically renewed once the high court rules against the Deputy Speaker," he said.


Calling the Deputy Speaker's decision "unconstitutional and illegal," the PML-N leader said voting would be held on April 3, and "constituencies could not be disbanded during the trial."


He stressed that several government partners and MNAs had joined the opposition, assuring the five-member bench that the united opposition party would defend the Constitution of Pakistan.


CJP Bandial said the court hearing is being conducted under Section 184 (3) as this is a public matter.

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