The Supreme Court has suspended the notification of the extension of the Army Chief's tenure
Islam Abad(94 news) The Supreme Court of Pakistan suspended the notification to extend the tenure of the Army Chief. The Supreme Court issued notices to the Army Chief, the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Defense and other parties. The court has declared that only the President of Pakistan can extend the tenure of the Army Chief. There were 25 ministers in the cabinet.. The Chief Justice said that the final approval has to be given by the President. The Chief Justice asked that after the approval of the Cabinet and the Prime Minister, did the President approve again? The Attorney General said that the President did not give any approval. The court said that the approval given by the President before the Cabinet may not be correct in law.
According to the details, a hearing was held in the Supreme Court of Pakistan on the application against the extension of the tenure of Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa. 3 The bench heard, Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa said that today a handwritten miscellaneous application was received, in which the application was requested to be withdrawn, the applicant and the advocate are on record, no affidavit has been submitted along with it.
Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa said that only the President of Pakistan can extend the term of the Army Chief. Justice Mansoor Ali Shah said that it seems like a new appointment and not an extension. The Chief Justice of Pakistan said that the law does not allow the re-appointment or extension of the Army Chief. Said the Army Chief 29 November is coming to an end .
The Chief Justice of Pakistan inquired that 19 The notification was made by the Prime Minister on August 21 What was approved on August? The Chief Justice said that he did not understand why the Prime Minister approved again after the approval of the President. The Attorney General said that the Prime Minister signed after the approval of the Cabinet. The Chief Justice said that after the approval of the Cabinet and the Prime Minister, did the President give approval again? The Attorney General said that the President did not give any approval. The Chief Justice said that the final approval has to be given by the President. The approval given by the President before the Cabinet may not be valid according to law. The Chief Justice said that 21 On August, you placed the president in front of the cabinet. The Attorney General said that we can take approval from the President again. The Chief Justice said that on the 19th, the Prime Minister is told that he has no authority. Then it is known that both the president and the prime minister do not have the authority, the decision has to be taken by the cabinet.
The Chief Justice of Pakistan said that there were 25 ministers in the cabinet, only 11 members approved the extension of the army chief. The chief justice said that it cannot be said that the majority of the cabinet approved. "Yes" was written in front of the names of eleven of the twenty-five ministers. The Chief Justice said that in a democracy these decisions are made by majority opinion. Members who did not respond should have waited. These members did not even say 'no'. The Chief Justice said that the government considers the silence of the cabinet members as "yes"? Should the notification not have gone through the Prime Minister to the President after the approval of the Cabinet? The Chief Justice said that Article 255 There is no power of re-appointment under s. The Chief Justice said that the word extension was used in the summary while re-appointment was being made.
Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa inquired whether the President approved the extension before the approval of the Cabinet. Did the President approve it again after the approval of the Cabinet? The Attorney General of Pakistan said that the extension of the Army Chief's tenure was done after the approval of the President. 3 Emergency conditions will remain for the year?, Retirement can be temporarily suspended.
The Supreme Court rejected the plea of Riyaz Hanif Rahi to withdraw the petition. The Chief Justice of Pakistan said that a handwritten petition has been received, the petitioner and the advocate are on record, there is no affidavit with the petition. And issued a notice to the Attorney General and adjourned the hearing till tomorrow. It should be clear that the government had issued a notification to extend the tenure of General Qamar Bajwa by 3 years.
