PTI hails SC’s ‘historic’ annulment of Review of Judgement Act 2023

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has hailed the Supreme Court’s (SC) annulment of the Review of Judgments and Orders Act 2023 as ‘historic’ development.

PTI Senator Ali Zafar, while talking to the media, said that the government had enacted this legislation to create scope for appeal against the election order within 90 days.

“Since this law has been declared null and void, the order to hold elections in ninety days has become definitive,” Zafar said.

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Meanwhile, the PTI central committee also said that the SC’s decision was an effective step against the attempts to change the ‘constitutional framework’.

In response to the reports regarding Nawaz Sharif’s return, the senator said, “Nawaz Sharif has been legally convicted by the court, he has no scope in national politics,”.

SC strikes down ‘Review of Judgement and Orders Act 2023’

Earlier on Friday, the SC struck down the Review of Judgement and Orders Act 2023, declaring it unconstitutional.

A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Munib Akhtar, announced the verdict reserved on June 19.

Ghulam Mohiuddin, Zaman Khan Vardag, the Jurists Foundation, through its CEO Riaz Hanif Rahi, and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had challenged the the act, passed by parliament in May.

The SC declared the set of pleas challenging the Supreme Court (Review of Judgments and Orders) Act 2023 as admissible for hearing. The SC in its order said that the parliament has “overstepped its boundaries.”

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed his regret that the SC made the decision on the act after the completion of assembly’s tenure.

“The SC’s decision has no connection with Nawaz Sharif’s return,” Shehbaz added.