Hearing of Presidential Petitions Completed - SC Verdict Soon

[Reza_Pahlavi]

Re: Hearing of Presidential Petitions Completed - SC Verdict Soon

@Shamraz_Khan

Here is what if kind of scenario. On Oct. 17 court could say Mushrraf can’t be a president b/c of 2 years retirement requirement, but let the election results stand and say the guy with 2nd most votes gets the presidency ( kind of like Gore vs Bush in 2000). In which case Makdoom Amin Fahim will become the president. Can that happen and if so what will Mushrraf do?

That is unlikely to happen, especially as Fahim is only likely to get about 15% of the electoral college votes in total. Bush and Gore were pretty much neck and neck. So allowing Fahim to become President by default with just 15% of the votes (and disqualifying Musharraf with 55% of the votes) would be a big joke. The dilema for the Supreme Court will come after the actual election is completed tomorrow, namely:-

Article 41 (6) of the Constitution of Pakistan.

The validity of the election of the President shall not be called in question by or before any court or other authority.

Chapter 1: "The President" of Part III: "The Federation of Pakistan"