ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday has constituted a three-member bench to hear pleas seeking a presidential form of the government in the country, ARY News reported.
A three-member bench comprising Justice, Umar Atta Bandial, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Muneeb Akhtar will hear the pleas on September 27 (Monday).
Four petitioners — Sahibzada Ahmed Raza Khan Kasuri, Dr Sadiq Ali, Tahir Aziz Khan and Hafeez-ur-Rehman Chaudhry — had filed identical constitutional petitions under Article 184(3) of the Constitution in the Supreme Court fo presidential form of government in the country.
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They prayed that the apex court, being the custodian of the rights of people and the Constitution, may direct the prime minister of Pakistan to hold a referendum under Article 48(6) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in order to ascertain and determine the will of the people of Pakistan.
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