Islamabad: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday disposed of a petition against a proposed constitutional amendment as petitioner withdrew the petition.
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa and comprising Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan, heard the joint petition.
The petition was filed by former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association and current member of the Pakistan Bar Council, Abid S Zubairi, along with other council members, against the proposed constitutional amendments.
The petitioners counsel Hamid Khan appearing before the court requested to withdraw petition.
At this, the CJP wondered whether the petitioners had only hired Hamid, a leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), to withdraw their pleas.
“Abid Zubairi could have withdrawn the petition himself […] Six lawyers had filed the petition; they could have appeared before the court themselves to withdraw it,” the top judge said.
The CJP then told the lawyer that two cases — the main petition and the plea against the objections to the petition — had been fixed for hearing.
The lawyer said that his clients wanted to withdraw all the pleas.
The CJ said “I am sure that your services will be taken formally” The court disposed the case over withdrawing the case by the petitioner.
