ISLAMABAD:The passage of the Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Bill 2023 on FB Wednesday has raised hopes of former premiers Nawaz Sharif and Yousuf Raza Gilani to file appeals against their convictions as they faced suo motu proceedings initiated by the chief justice of Pakistan.
Sources said people who were affected by suo motu proceedings during the tenures of ex-CJPs Chaudhry and Nisar, respectively, would be able to challenge the Supreme Court’s verdicts against them within a month subject to the bill turning into law.
The people affected by suo motu proceedings include estranged PTI leader Jahangir Tareen and the residents of the now-demolished Nasla Tower in Karachi.
In November 2021, with sullen faces and teary eyes, residents of Nasla Tower were racing against the deadline to vacate the building on the orders of the Supreme Court.
The top court had ruled on demolishing the building built partly on the service lane in the Sindhi Muslim Cooperative Housing Society.
The right to appeal would apply to suo motu cases earlier than those decided during the tenures of these former CJPs.
Those affected by these proceedings initiated under Article 184(3) would be able to file an appeal against the SC verdicts against them within 30 days.
