Vote against party dishonesty: Supreme Court
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has observed that elected representatives are answerable both to voters and party and they must follow the party line while voting through a secret ballot.
It also observed: “If one does not follow the party, its dishonesty and breach of trust.” The court has also questioned the presidential reference seeking its opinion on holding Senate elections though an open ballot and observed that being a political matter; the government should have approached the Parliament for making an amendment to the Constitution instead of moving the court.
A five-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed and comprising Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Ijazul Ahsan resumed the hearing on the presidential reference.
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has observed that elected representatives are answerable both to voters and party and they must follow the party line while voting through a secret ballot.It also.
Vote against party dishonesty, says SC
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January 14, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has observed that elected representatives are answerable both to voters and party and they must follow the party line while voting through a secret ballot.
It also observed: “If one does not follow the party, its dishonesty and breach of trust.”
The court has also questioned the presidential reference seeking its opinion on holding Senate elections though an open ballot and observed that being a political matter; the government should have approached the Parliament for making an amendment to the Constitution instead of moving the court.
A five-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed and comprising Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Ijazul Ahsan resumed the hearing on the presidential reference.