PTI challenges IHC verdict on phase wise acceptance of resignations.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Tuesday moved the Supreme Court against Islamabad High Court (IHC) judgment regarding phase-wise acceptance of resignation of PTI lawmakers. PTI Secretary General Asad Umar filed the appeal against the IHC through Advocate Faisal Fareed and made Speaker National Assembly, Election Commission of Pakistan, Secretary Cabinet Division, and Secretary National Assembly. Chief Justice IHC Justice Athar Minallah on September 6 had turned down the PTI petition challenging the phase-wise acceptance of its MNAs and declared that the then deputy speaker Qasim Suri issued notification of acceptance of the resignation is 'in violation of the Constitution'.

The IHC judgment noted; 'The purported notification, dated 13-04-2022, was, therefore, issued in violation of the Constitution and the principles and law enunciated by the superior courts as highlighted in the aforementioned judgment. Moreover, the Court is satisfied that the process initiated by the worthy Speaker in order to verify the genuineness of the resignations is in consonance with the Constitution and the settled principles and law.'

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The PTI stated in its petition before the apex court that the judgment is 'vague, cursory and against the law and has been rendered in a mechanical manner without addressing the material legal and constitutional questions raised in the...