National
April 5, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The disputed election of Senate chairman is likely to echo in the Islamabad High Court, (IHC) this week again as former federal law minister Senator Farooq Hameed Naek has prepared a revision petition for intra-court revision (ICR) against the election of Sadiq Sanjrani as chairman Senate.
The IHC Chief Justice, Justice Athar Minallah, declared the PDM’s candidate Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani’s plea, challenging Sadiq Sanjrani’s election as chairman Senate, non-maintainable on March 24. The judge remarked that the parliamentary proceedings had constitutional exemptions. Should courts interfere into the parliamentary affairs, he questioned.
The courts used to take care of supremacy of the parliament, he added. After nominating PPP’s Yousuf Raza Gilani for chairman Senate election on behalf of the PDM, the PPP struck a deal with Senate members belonging to government’s ally Balochistan Awami Party (BAP).