**Chalo Jee … Gul ee muk gye …
Uncle Raheel ke baad, Uncle Nasir ne bhi Nawaz Sharif ke khilaf ‘Middle Finger’ uthane se inkaar kr dia … :smokin:
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SC rejects petitions seeking to declare 2013 elections null and void
By Hasnaat Malik
Published: October 29, 2014
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday petitions seeking to declare the May 2013 general elections null and void.
A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk, was hearing three petitions, including one filed by former SC judge Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui.
“Thank you, these petitions are dismissed,” the chief justice said to the petitioners after hearing their arguments about the maintainability of their petitions.
The bench observed that they could not overlook Article 225 of the Constitution, which states that all election matters would be heard by election tribunals.
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The chief justice further said that there is no record on whether last year’s elections were rigged, maintaining that allegations are not enough to proceed in this matter.**
Mulk also objected the fact that the petitioners did not name any parliamentarians as party in the petition, as they are the ones who would be affected by the court’s verdict.
During the hearing, Justice Siddiqui’s counsel Mian Allah Nawaz submitted the petition, arguing that the 2013 elections are a challenge to the “role and constitutional functions of the SC, and the court has the duty and power under Article 184(3) of the Constitution to come to the rescue of beleaguered citizens of Pakistan.”
The counsel contended that Article 225 is not applicable in this matter.
He went on to claim that the ECP purchased defective ink from the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Laboratories and National Database and Regulation Authority (NADRA), and supplied it to returning officers and presiding officers for use in polling stations.
The petition also questioned why officials of the ECP failed to follow the “statutory pre-requisites to the electoral process.”
According to sources, Justice Siddiqui was close to former chief justice Ifitkhar Chaudhry during his tenure.
