Re: Options like ‘emergency’ available: CJ
It’s a news thread as reported by the media. There was no word of mouth from the CJ that I heard myself. Just as you are reporting here Kaira’s press conference. So we don’t really know if the SC has got any power to take such step. If there is no provision in the constitution to do so, it won’t be done and it should not be. I won’t support any act by anyone, including SC, if it is not allowed by the statute.
Mr. Gilani has right to appeal which he will be doing shortly. And until he exhausts all of his legal privileges as a defendant, he shall continue to be legitimate in his position. In a way, he is a prime minister on stay. Since Mr. Gilani was sentenced only by a seven-member bench, the final outcome of his case will be decided on an intra-court appeal before a larger bench headed by none other than the chief justice himself. Till then, he is very much on.