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Summary The SC was moved to prevent Ch Nisal Ali Khan as Opposition Leader from nominating the caretaker PM.
Supreme Court on Thursday was moved to prevent Leader of Opposition Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan from exercising his recently acquired Constitutional powers about nominating the caretaker Prime Minister.A civil Petition sought Islamabad High Court which had rejected the writ petition finger at his spouse and children who have acquired the citizens of United States.The apex court was reminded that Ch. Nisar objection the apex court had last year disqualified one of its former judges, Syed Deedar Hussain Shah, from holding the office of the Chairman National Accountability Bureau.“Now is the time to examine the constitutional credentials of the respondent and give a ruling about the fitness”, stated the appellant Shahid Orakzai.The Court was asked to take note of the recent advantage the Leader of Opposition had gained in the game after his nominee was appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner.Islamabad High Court is also to hear a petition against the appointment of the octogenarian Jurist Fakhruddin G Ibrahim as the Commissioner.The final decision about the caretaker Prime minister, under the 20th Amendment, is to be taken by the 5- member Election Commission Headed by Ibrahim.The Court was asked to declare that a person whose family takes citizenship of another state is not qualified to represent the people of Pakistan because the Constitution considers the public representatives as a family man than a chronic bachelor.
