SC to hear Dr Qadris petition today
A three-member bench of the apex court headed by CJP Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will hear the case.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The Supreme Court of Pakistan will resume the hearing the constitutional petition, filed by Tahirul Qadri regarding the reconstitution of Election Commission of Pakistan.
On Tuesday, the court maintained that the dual-nationals cannot be allowed to point fingers at the state institutions.
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry remarked that Qadri is known as the Sheikh-ul-Islam but has sworn his allegiance to Queen Elizabeth, thus, his interference in domestic politics is questionable.
Qadri told the bench that he has used a Pakistani passport for visiting Pakistan and Canadian for going to Canada. He argued that the Supreme Court had also taken up the Memo case on a letter sent by a Canadian citizen.
After hearing Qadri’s argument, the Chief Justice advised him to approach any other forum before approaching the Supreme Court for his case because the petition was filed under a quo-warranto and does not fall under Article 184 of the Constitution.
