NA Speaker ruling: notices issued to PM, Speaker, others

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Prime Minister, Attorney General (AG), National Assembly (NA) Speaker, Election Commission (EC) and the Federation in the petitions challenging the ruling of NA Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) had challenged the ruling on May 28.

The Speaker had decided not to send the reference to the EC against Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and said there was no question of his disqualification as a member of NA after the conviction in contempt case.

In Dr Mirza's five page ruling, she observed that charges against the Prime Minister were not relatable to the grounds mentioned in paragraph (g) or (h) of clause (1) of Article 63, therefore, no question of disqualification of Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani from being a member arises under clause (2) of Article 63 of the Constitution.