ISLAMABAD (HRNW) – Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday fixed pleas against Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill 2023 for hearing on April 13 (Thursday).
An eight-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Muneeb Akhtar, Justice Mazahir Naqvi, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Ayesha Malik, Justice Hassan Azhar Rizvi, and Justice Shahid Waheed would hear the pleas.
Federal Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar had said the opposition showed ignorance over the matter adding that the president left a negative comment on the parliament’s prerogative to legislate. “Mr Alvi should have avoided this,” he added.