ISLAMABAD, April 7 — Pakistan’s supreme court will rule today on the legality of political manoeuvres that led Prime Minister Imran Khan to dissolve the national assembly and call fresh elections. The court is deciding if the deputy speaker of the assembly violated the constitution by refusing...
ISLAMABAD, April 7 — Pakistan’s supreme court will rule today on the legality of political manoeuvres that led Prime Minister Imran Khan to dissolve the national assembly and call fresh elections.
The move allowed Khan to get the presidency—a largely ceremonial role taken by a loyalist—to dissolve parliament and order an election, which must be held within 90 days.“We will re-assemble for announcement of judgement at 7:30pm today,” said chief justice Umar Ata Bandial. In 1988, Muhammad Khan Junejo appealed to the court after the assembly was dissolved by then-president General Zia-ul-Haq, who had taken power in a military coup years earlier.
Pakistan has been wracked by political crisis for much of its 75-year existence, and no prime minister has ever seen out a full term.
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