Asghar Khan Case: Review petition returned with objection
Registrar Supreme Court has returned review petition filed by govt in Asghar Khan Case.
According to the registrar office sources, the office returned the petition as the Rs 10,000 fees of the court was not attached to it.
The federal government filed a review petition in the Supreme Court on Saturday challenging its verdict in the Asghar Khan case.
The review petition maintains that the Asghar Khan case was about rigging in 1990 elections and no questions were raised about the office of the President
In the sixteen page petition filed by Deputy Attorney General ‚ the Federation has sought review of observations of the apex court vis-a-vis office of the President.
The review petition maintains that the Asghar Khan case was about rigging in 1990 elections and no questions were raised about the office of the President. Therefore‚ the court should not have given verdict on this aspect.
The petition says the incumbent President assumed office in 2008 and as the court was informed earlier no political cell existed in the presidency since then.
In its detailed verdict in the Asghar Khan case issued on Nov 8, the SC had held that unlawful orders by superior military officers or their failure to prevent unlawful actions by their subordinates were culpable.
The SC’s judgment had also dwelt at length on the role of the president and the involvement of his office in politics.
The president has no authority to create an election cell or to manage in any manner or by giving directions to the armed forces or to civilians to make efforts to achieve desired results, the detailed verdict had said, adding: “If any such illegal order is transmitted, the same is not worthy to be obeyed.”
Saturday’s review plea, filed by the government through Deputy Attorney General Dil Mohammad Ali Zai, challenges the SC’s decision regarding the presidency.
