Following his statement, the former ruling party claimed to offer all-out support to the head of state at the national and judicial levels, saying that it would ask Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial to find out the truth and hold those who are responsible accountable, The News
Chief Justice of Pakistan, Umar Ata Bandial, emphasized on Thursday that the armed forces will not be permitted to take any actions that violate the Constitution as a six-judge bench heard a set of petitions challenging the trials of civilians in military courts, ARY News reported.
The six-member bench of the Pakistan apex court included Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi and Justice Ayesha A Malik.
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial said that the trial of those involved in the May 9 violence should not begin in military courts without informing the Pakistan Supreme Court.
The Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Usman Awan informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the violent incidents that happened on May 9 this year in Pakistan caused losses of Rs 2.5 billion, according to Daily Pakistan.
Pakistan's Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, on Monday, hoped that no one would be trialled in the military court, in connection with May 9, until the case's final outcome pending before the Supreme Court.
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) top leader Sirajul Haq has called upon the Chief Justice of Pakistan to declare the arrest of the Baloch leader Hidayat Ur Rehman 'illegal' and grant him bail.
The Chief Justice of Pakistan ranks first in receiving the salary, supreme court judges are second while the president comes third and the prime minister is getting a salary less than ministers and federal secretaries.
According to ARY News, the motion was presented in the NA session after suspending the routine business of the house. The session of the lower house of the Parliament is underway in which the majority of the members are of the view that the Parliament should 'assert' its powers.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial said that if the Constitution mandated polls within 90 days of an assembly's dissolution, then we are duty-bound to say so, according to Dawn.