The SHC’s division bench, comprising Chief Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Syed Hassan Azhar Rizvi, was hearing a constitutional petition filed by advocate Rasheed A Akhund against the president, prime minister and Speaker National Assembly.
The petitioner pleaded the court that the ruling Pakistan People’s Party had secured 127 seats out of 342 in the previous general elections and formed the government with the help of coalition partners - Awami National Party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Muttahida Qaumi Movement. He claimed that the government’s coalition partners, excluding the Awami National Party, have withdrawn their support. He prayed the court to direct the DAG to submit the comments within a month in this regard.
