Supreme Court proceeds over Presidential Reference on Senate election

ISLAMABAD: (HRNW) Attorney General Khalid Javed on Wednesday resumed his arguments before the Supreme Court over the presidential reference about Senate elections.

The government has sought opinion of the apex court by a presidential reference seeking to conduct the Senate elections with open ballot.

A five-judge larger bench, headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed and comprising of Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan and Justice Yahya Afridi, hearing the reference.

Attorney General said that the elections of prime minister, chairman and deputy chairman senate were not conducted by the election commission. The constitution has been silent over the electoral procedure for the elections of the speaker and chairman senate, Chief Justice observed.

 

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