Parliament Joint Session under the chair of National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf passed The Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill 2023 amid ruckus from PTI senators.
Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar presented the Bill. The joint session passed the clause-wise approval of the Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Bill, rejecting the proposal by the Jamaat-e-Islami Seantor Mushtaq Ghani.
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PTI senators holding placards staged protest and opposed the Bill raising the slogans against the PDM-led Shehbaz Sharif government.
Senator Kamran Murtaza
Senator Kamran Murtaza addressing the joint session said he was sure PTI legislators had not read the Bill.
He said powers of the judiciary have not been reduced by this bill. Murtaza said economic stability is not possible without political stability.
He reiterated national and provincial elections should be held simultaneously. “The purpose of Article 224 is that elections should be held in the presence of the caretaker government and claimed if Punjab elections are held first, other provinces will be affected. After the first elections in Punjab, how will you end the influence of the government,” Kamran Murtaza added.
Senator Mushtaq Ghani
Firebrand speaker Senator Mushtaq Ghani addressing the joint session made objections to the judicial reforms Bill, however, Law Minister Tarar rejected the proposals.
Senator Mushtaq Ghani also pointed out Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and said Waziristan does not need 22n military operations but needed development projects.
