ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court (SC) is set to continue hearing the matter concerning the conduct of general elections for the National Assembly and provincial legislatures today at 11:30 a.m.
The case will be heard by a three-judge Supreme Court panel comprised of Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan, and Justice Munib Akhtar.
The court also issued a written order regarding the April 27 hearing.
“Today, the learned Attorney General for Pakistan has apprised the Court about the communication between the Government coalition and the Opposition regarding the matter of general elections,” the written order states. He also said that preliminary procedures had been done for the nomination of negotiating team members from both sides, as well as items pertaining to their meeting.
In response to the Court’s question about why the Chairman Senate was involved, Farooq H. Naek, Sr. ASC, learned counsel for Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians, stated that the venue of the Senate was chosen because it is the House of Parliament where the Provinces have equal representation and all political parties are present. The Chairman Senate’s function will be purely facilitative, with no substantive input.
According to the order, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, a member of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), told the Chairman of the PTI that he, Senator Ali Zafar, and Fawad Chaudhary had been nominated as members of their team.
The Attorney General and Farooq H. Naek had told the Court that the Government intended to begin discussions as soon as feasible and was ready to meet with the PTI delegation today or tomorrow.
The Attorney General had also announced that the Government coalition will finalise the names of its nominated members, it added.
The court order also stated that it appreciated all parties’ efforts to end the current political impasse, particularly their voluntary agreement to enter into negotiations to select a single date for holding General Elections to the National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies.
The Court made it plain that the conversations and negotiations between the two parties were totally to be their own endeavour, with no guidance or command from the Court in any way. It was also made clear that the decision to conduct elections in Punjab on May 14 remained unaltered.
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