SC to resume hearing of Presidential Reference today

Islamabad: A five member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Ata Bandial will resume hearing of the Presidential Reference, seeking interpretation of Article 63-A of the constitution.      

Attorney General Khalid Javed Khan will continue his arguments on Tuesday.

During last hearing of the reference, Chief Justice observed the court could not “fill in the blanks” and asked the government why it did not enact a law to determine the length of disqualification of a lawmakers for violating Article 63-A.

It is pertinent to mention that the development took place days after several Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers, who had been ‘in hiding’ at the Sindh House in Islamabad, revealed themselves – proving that the opposition’s claims of having “won over” members of the ruling coalition were indeed true.