'Full court bench better to resolve CM election issue'.

LAHORE -- Federal Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar says there can be no two laws on a similar issue, and demanded that the chief justice of Pakistan form a full court bench for adjudicating the controversy involving the election of the Punjab chief minister.

He told a press conference here on Sunday that the chief minister election issue would be resolved for good if the full bench heard the case and in a reference to apparently two different approaches of the apex court on defection law, he added there could not be two different laws on as many cases of similar nature.

In a reference to the likely ouster from power of Hamza by the apex court, the law minister said that if a representative of the people is to be sent home through a legal decision then the justice, transparency and independence demand a full court bench to hear the matter.

'There is no solution to the issue other than the formation of the full court bench.'

Federal law minister defends deputy speaker's ruling

Flanked by Punjab Home Minister Ataullah Tarar, the law minister regretted that the Supreme Court did not take notice of PTI MPAs and workers scaling walls of its Lahore Registry following Parvez Elahi's defeat in the runoff poll for Punjab chief minister.

He defended Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Dost Mazari's ruling of rejecting 10 PML-Q votes for Mr Elahi under Article 63-A, and called the step 'legal' and 'constitutional'.

Apparently, to further highlight the alleged soft corner of the Supreme Court towards the PTI, the minister said that the doors of the Lahore Registry were opened even before the petition was filed by Mr Elahi hours after losing the run-off poll.

He repeated the coalition government's demand that a full court bench is formed to hear the plea filed by Mr Elahi on...