Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday resumed the crucial hearing on the dismissal of a no-confidence vote against embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan through a controversial ruling by the deputy speaker of the National Assembly and the subsequent dissolution of Parliament by the president.
On Thursday, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial stated that the judgement of National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri on April 3 dismissing the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan was clearly wrong, DAWN news reported.
According to CJP Bandial, the ruling of the National Assembly Deputy Speaker is prima facie a breach of Article 95.
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