The Pakistan government has challenged a recent Supreme Court verdict that suggested the President could not indulge in politics as he is expected to be non-partisan and disengaged from all political activities.
Deputy Attorney General Dil Muhammad Ali Zai on Saturday filed a petition seeking a review of parts of the apex court's ruling on former air force chief Asghar Khan's petition against the rigging of the 1990 general election. The government stated in the review petition that the Supreme Court did not have the authority to issue such an order regarding the President. It argued that court's observations regarding the role of the presidency should be reviewed. In its detailed verdict issued on 8 November in response to Khan's 16-year-old petition, the apex court held former army chief Gen Mirza Aslam Beg and former ISI chief Lt Gen Asad Durrani responsible for distributing millions of rupees among politicians to rig the 1990 elections in favour of the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad political bloc.
The verdict further said the two generals had acted on the instructions of late President Ghulam Ishaq Khan.
Deputy Attorney General Dil Muhammad Ali Zai on Saturday filed a petition seeking a review of parts of the apex court's ruling on former air force chief Asghar Khan's petition against the rigging of the 1990 general election. The government stated in the review petition that the Supreme Court did not have the authority to issue such an order regarding the President. It argued that court's observations regarding the role of the presidency should be reviewed. In its detailed verdict issued on 8 November in response to Khan's 16-year-old petition, the apex court held former army chief Gen Mirza Aslam Beg and former ISI chief Lt Gen Asad Durrani responsible for distributing millions of rupees among politicians to rig the 1990 elections in favour of the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad political bloc.
The verdict further said the two generals had acted on the instructions of late President Ghulam Ishaq Khan.