Islamabad, Feb. 20 (TNS): Responding to continuous criticism by PML-N leaders, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday said that the top court holds the right to review any legislation.
“It was conveyed yesterday that the court cannot intervene in the process of legislation,” Justice Nisar said during the proceedings of the media commission case.
He that parliament cannot make a law which comes in conflict with the Constitution.
I have repeatedly said that parliament is a supreme institution but there’s something even more supreme, and that is the Constitution.
“In one of the cases, we didn’t give any remarks but raised some questions; we only asked if a certain person was eligible [to hold a public office].”
There’re questions that are raised during court proceedings, Justice Nisar said and asked how the court’s remarks could amount to an insult to parliamentarians.
“I don’t want to give [an impression that I’m furnishing] an explanation,” he said. “We need to be savvy of the administration’s measures and basic rights of people.”
On Monday, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi strongly criticised the superior judiciary for labeling elected representatives as “thieves and looters” and also asked for a debate in the House on whether the government has the right to take legislative decisions.
