PTI has taken legal action against the cabinet members who took part in a meeting that rejected the Supreme Court verdict in the election delay case.
According to the details, PTI has initiated legal proceedings against the cabinet members. The party wrote a letter to the Secretary of the Cabinet Division, seeking details of the participants, agenda, proceedings, and decisions of the April 4 meeting of the Federal Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister under Article 19-A of the Constitution.
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Action will be taken against the federal cabinet on the rejection of the Supreme Court’s decision on the Punjab elections. Earlier, PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry had announced filing a reference against the cabinet members who took part in a meeting that rejected the Supreme Court verdict in the election delay case.
PTI had also given 12-hour time to the cabinet members to withdraw the statement about the rejection of the SC verdict if they wanted to save themselves from legal action.
وفاقی کابینہ کی جانب سے پنجاب کے انتخابات پر سپریم کورٹ کے تین رکنی بنچ کے فیصلے جو تسلیم کرنے سے انکار
پاکستان تحریک انصاف کا وزیراعظم سمیت وفاقی کابینہ کیخلاف قانونی کارروائی کا آغاز
تحریک انصاف نے وزیراعظم کی زیرِصدارت وفاقی کابینہ کے اجلاس کی مصدقہ تفصیلات طلب کرلیں pic.twitter.com/FPoGMh4ZHO
— M Azhar Siddique (@AzharSiddique) April 6, 2023
“If they do not take back their stance, we will approach the Election Commission of Pakistan to take action against them under Article 63-A,” Fawad Chaudhry had said while adding the cabinet members violated Article 2A of the Constitution, which was about the sovereignty of the state. “They have violated the ideology of the country,” said the former information minister.
“Those who rejected the SC verdict have negated the Constitution. Those refusing the verdict can be sent to jail for three years,” he warned.
The Supreme Court had recently struck down the decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan to delay Punjab polls, terming it null and void. While the verdict was celebrated by PTI who had been campaigning for early elections, the PDM-led government rejected the verdict.
It was reported that the government rejected the verdict during the cabinet’s meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The government would raise its voice in parliament regarding the verdict.
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