ISLAMABAD, March 1: The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Irshad Hasan Khan, on
Wednesday observed that when the politicians are in power, they try to
become dictators but when they are out of power, they become champions
of the rule of law. Presiding over a 12-member bench seized of the seven
petitions challenging the military takeover, the chief justice directed
the attorney general to provide details of the expenditure on holding
elections, including the expenses made by the candidates on their
election campaigns. The Supreme Court announced that it would decide the
issue of maintainability and merits of the case simultaneously. The
chief justice said the court had entertained the petitions.
The bench
started regular hearing of the petitions on Wednesday. The court first
took up the petition of Syed Zafar Ali Shah, suspended MNA of PML from
Islamabad. The representative petition of PML would be taken next and
Khalid Anwer would argue the case on behalf of the party. Other
petitions before the court are of Syed Imtiaz Hussain Bukhari,
challenging the PCO; Fazal Ellahi Siddiqui, challenging the PCO; Shahid
Orakzai, seeking restoration of Senate, office of speakers and
provincial assemblies; Al-Jehad Trust, seeking restoration of
Constitution to the extent of judiciary; and Syed Iqbal Haider of MWM,
seeking validation of PCO. The bench consisted of Justice Irshad Hasan
Khan, Justice Mohammad Bashir Jehangiri, Justice Sheikh Ijaz Nisar,
Justice Abdur Rehman Khan, Justice Sheikh Riaz Ahmad, Justice Chaudhry
Mohammad Arif, Justice Munir A. Sheikh, Justice Rashid Aziz Khan,
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