Legal team advises Hamza not to resign
Pakistan
The legal team will hold further consultation after the announcement to detailed SC decision.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – The legal team has advised Hamza Shehbaz not to resign as Chief Minister Punjab after Supreme Court’s decision on a presidential reference seeking interpretation of Article 63-A of the Constitution, Dunya News reported on Tuesday.
According to legal team, Hamza Shehbaz will not resign under any circumstances from his post. The legal team will hold further consultation after the announcement to detailed decision by the Supreme Court.
Earlier, The Supreme Court of Pakistan, while announcing opinion in the presidential reference seeking interpretation of Article 63(A), said that the vote of dissident party members will not be counted.
A five-member larger bench of the apex court headed by CJP Bandial, and comprising Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan, Justice Mazhar Alam Miankhel, Justice Muneeb Akhtar and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel had reserved the judgement.
While giving its oponion, the top court remarked that the article concerned cannot be interpreted alone. The opinion was given by the Supreme Court in a 3-2 ratio. Justice Mando Khel and Justice Mazhar Alam of the five-member bench disagreed.
Chief Justice Omar Ata Bandial, Justice Ejaz-ul-Haq and Justice Muneeb Akhtar said that the vote cast by the defecting member should not be counted while Justice Mazhar Alam Mian Khel and Justice Mandokhel disagreed.
It is pertinent to mention here that about 25 dissident members of PTI had voted for PML-N candidate Hamza Shehbaz instead of the joint candidate of PTI and PML-Q in the election of Punjab Chief Minister.
