ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Friday unanimously passed a resolution stating in categorical terms that parliament’s prerogative of legislation cannot be usurped.
The motion moved by Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Ali Musa Gillani rejected what it stated the aggressive attempt by the Supreme Court to usurp the parliament’s authority.
The resolution expressed concerns that one organ of the state on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of 1973 blatantly violated the constitution which itself is an undesirable practice. According to the Constitution, no institution can interfere in the affairs of others, it added.
A day earlier, the eight-member larger bench of the apex court ordered that even if the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill 2023 received the assent of the president, the bill would not be acted upon in any manner till further order.
