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Prime Minister has no power to bypass cabinet: Supreme Court

ISLAMABAD: Rejecting the review petition seeking stopping the prime minister bypassing the cabinet Supreme Court Justice Saqib Nisar has said that there is no provision in the constitution for prime minister’s solo flight.

Justice Saqib Nisar, who is was heading the three-member bench of the apex court that heard the said review petition, gave the comments when Additional Attorney General argued that a powerful prime minister is necessary to run the affairs of the government.

Nowhere in the constitution it is written that prime minister or any other minister or advisor are the federal government alone by himself, rules could never be superior to the constitution, Justice Saqib Nisar added.

After hearing the arguments of the two parties the Supreme Court rejected the review petition filed by the government.

It may be mentioned here that in August this year Supreme Court had declared prime minister’s authority to bypass the cabinet null and void. The court had said that prime minister is bound by the decisions of the cabinet and he could not bypass cabinet’s decision.