Peshawar High Court hears petitions against governor’s rule today
PESHAWAR: With Peshawar High Court set to hear today (Tuesday) multiple petitions against imposition of emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PTI chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan has sought permission of the court to file an amended petition to challenge the resolutions passed by a joint sitting of the Parliament as well as National Assembly and Senate separately endorsing the…
Peshawar High Court is poised to review petitions against the governor's rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa today (Tuesday). PTI chairman Gohar Ali Khan approached the court to file an amended petition, challenging resolutions passed by both the Parliament and National Assembly and Senate separately endorsing the move. A two-member bench composed of senior puisne judge Justice Ijaz Anwar and Justice Mohammad Faheem Wali will hear the seven constitutional petitions.
The main petition is filed by Gohar Ali, while other petitions are submitted by leaders of Tehreek-i-Tahafuz Ayeen-i-Pakistan, National Democratic Movement, MNA Shandana Gulzar, and various lawyers. The federal government imposed emergency in KP on Oct 11, placing the province under governor's rule due to the "provincial government's deliberate disengagement from the fight against terrorism."
The petitions challenge the Oct 11 presidential proclamation under articles 232 and 234, as well as subsequent resolutions passed on Oct 14 and Oct 15.
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