SUO MOTO CASE NO.1 OF 2022 (SHORT JUDGEMENT)
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday set aside a ruling by the deputy speaker of the national parliament that had blocked an opposition-led vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Imran Khan. The controversial house ruling on Sunday led to the dissolution of the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, by President Arif Alvi, acting on Khan’s advice. The president had also called for fresh elections in 90 days and appointed Khan as the interim chief executive after the prime minister dissolved his Cabinet. The five-judge panel of the top court led by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial, however, unanimously declared as unconstitutional all the steps stemming from the deputy speaker’s ruling, which had outlawed the no-confidence vote as having been sponsored by a “foreign power.
