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Monday, June 18, 2012

Speaker ruling case: SC resumes hearing

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday resumed the hearing in the speaker’s ruling case, DawnNews reported.

A three-member bench, comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain was hearing a set of constitutional petitions challenging National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza’s ruling over the reference against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.

The bench has been hearing a set of petitions filed by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI), Azhar Chaudhry advocate and others challenging the speaker’s ruling of May 24 over the qualification issue.

During today’s hearing, Attorney General Irfan Qadir presented in court the National Assembly’s resolution endorsing the speaker’s ruling. The resolution had been moved by the government and was adopted by the NA on June 14.

“We respect the courts, however, state institutions should try to avoid clash amongst themselves,” the attorney general said.

Upon which the chief justice remarked that the judiciary respected the parliament and that there was no clash between the state’s institutions.

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