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Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Saturday allowed Hamza Shehbaz to remain the leading minister of punjab province as “administrator” until the hearing resumes on Monday, but barred him from using his powers for “political gain” at the time.
Hamza, the son of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, was sworn in Saturday as the leading minister of Punjab province, a day after being re-elected to office with just 3 votes amid a drama that sparked protests in the country and prompted rival candidate Chaudhry Parvez Elahi to move the Supreme Court.
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A three-member bench of Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Munib Akhter took over the case on Saturday.
The court, after hearing arguments, ruled that “Hamza will continue to serve as leader minister administrator until Monday,” adding that he deserves to exercise in accordance with the charter and the law of the period, and not to use his powers for political purposes.
Hamza, 47, declared himself the winner of the election even though his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party failed to win a majority in the Assembly after key by-elections on July 17.
He controlled retaining the post of Chief Minister of Punjab by the smallest margin after Vice President Dost Muhammad Mazari rejected 10 votes from Elahi Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q), a best friend of Pakistan Tehreek-e from the ousted prime minister. Imran Khan. -Insaf (PTI), mentioning Article 63-A of the Constitution.
During the hearing, Judge Bandial pointed out that, prima facie, the Vice President’s decision is contrary to the Supreme Court’s verdict in the reference to segment 63-A.
In the 368-member Punjab Assembly, Hamza’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) won 179 votes, while Elahi won 176 votes.
Ten votes from Elahi’s PML-Q were counted on the pretext that they had violated the orders of his party’s leader, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain.
The orders were harshly criticized by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), and its vice president Maryam Nawaz said she would “no longer bow her head” to “unilateral” decisions, claiming that the “house of justice suffered the strain of intimidation and threats. “
“It makes express decisions through the same court, overturns its own decisions, [and] puts all the weight on the same scale,” he tweeted, adding that political chaos and instability would result from this court ruling.
Khan’s party, the PTI, hopes the Supreme Court will ask Vice President Mazari to come with the 10 votes he rejected invoking Article 63-A of the Constitution, which would pave the way for Elahi’s appointment as chief minister of Punjab province.
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