Islamabad: The five-member bench of Supreme Court of Pakistan Friday dissolved again as Justic Jamal Khan Mandokhail rescued himself from hearing the case of delayed date of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa elections, GNN reported.

According to details, the four-member bench was headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, comprising Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan, Justice Munib Akhtar, and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail.

Justice Jamal had issued a dissenting note stating that the order was not written in open court and he was not consulted while writing the order.

His note added that the decision of Justic Qazi Faez Isa should be reviewed in open court.

However CJP Umar said that the bench will be formed again in some time.

Earlier on Thursday, the five-member larger bench of SC got dissolved as Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan excused himself from hearing the case of delay in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtukhwa (KP) elections date.

Justice Amin-ud-Din made the decision clear after Justice Faez Isa case.

Without providing any details, he clearly stated: “I cannot sit on the bench”.

It was expected that the final announcement of elections date will be made in todays’ hearing which was scheduled to commence at 11:30pm today (Friday). The hearing was underway for past three days.

Notably, the decision court made on March 1 was divided with a 3-4 or 2-3 margin. However, the Attorney General is expected to assist the court to give the final verdict.

Lahore: A traffic warden in Bhati Chowk, area of Lahore foiled an attempt to kidnap a child.

According to the Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Lahore, patrolling officer Asif Siddique saw a suspicious motorcyclist Rafiq abducted the child from Sheikhupura and was forcefully taking him, upon which the officer chased and stopped him.

Upon asking that why the child was crying, the motorcyclist tried to escape. But officer Asif caught him.

CTO stated that the child was identified as Rehan, who was handed over to the Bhati gate police station, while the accused was also detained by the police.

Makkah: Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam shared picture from Masjid-e-Nabawi (PBUH) and fast bowler Haris Rauf from Masjid Al Haram.

According to details, Babar Azam turned to Twitter and posted the beautiful scene of Gunbad-e-Khizra while standing in the compound of Masjid-e-Nabwi (peace be upon him) which is being liked a lot on social media.

Babar Azam caption the image as: "After God, the elder, you are a short story."

بعد از خدا بزرگ توئی
قصہ مختصرـ pic.twitter.com/n1dSdLKF0I

— Babar Azam (@babarazam258) March 30, 2023

On the other hand, fast bowler Haris Rauf posted a picture of himself from Masjid al-Haram, in which a soulful view of the Holy Kaaba can be seen. Haris captioned the image as 'Alhamdullah' in his tweet.

Alhamdullilah 🤲 pic.twitter.com/2AqsYEg5WC

— Haris Rauf (@HarisRauf14) March 30, 2023