ISLAMABAD: The coalition government in a joint statement on Saturday demanded the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) to constitute full court bench of the Supreme Court comprising all the judges to hear the petition filed against the ruling issued by the Deputy Speaker Punjab Assembly Dost Muhammad Mazari in the election of the province’s chief minister.
Dost Muhammad Mazari on Friday rejected 10 PML-Q votes after party chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain directed his lawmakers to vote in favour of Hamza Shahbaz, but they decided to support Pervez Elahi. As a result, Elahi lost the crucial election, and he approached the Supreme Court, whose three-member bench is hearing the case, led by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial.