PDM huddle in Lahore today to discuss legal issues

Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif will preside over the PDM meeting in Lahore.
Imran Khan, there will be uproar over legal issues.
The possibility of Nawaz Sharif participating in the meeting through video link.

LAHORE: A meeting of the ruling alliance will be held today under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in which the current political crisis in the country and pending cases will be discussed. Supreme Court.

According to Geo News Sources say that the meeting will be held at the Prime Minister’s residence in Model Town, in which the leaders of the coalition parties will decide the strategy to deal with it. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and legal challenges.

The Supreme Court is hearing a case related to the delay in the elections of the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assemblies, in which there is a dispute over the automatic notice taken in this regard.

The PTI had challenged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) order on March 22 postponing the elections in both provinces. The five-judge bench originally constituted to hear the petition was dissolved twice after two judges recused themselves from the case following the Supreme Court’s order to stay all proceedings under Article 184(3). .

However, after the removal of two judges, a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Umar Atta Bandial, comprising Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan and Justice Muneeb Akhtar is hearing the petition of PTI.

The court also rejected the government’s request for a full court on Friday, deepening the ongoing crisis over the former prime minister’s tenure. Nawaz Sharif The bench rejected.

According to News According to reports, the ruling coalition is anxiously awaiting the results of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) report, which initially gathered some shocking information about the people holed up in Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence. are

Sources said the ruling coalition would not support talks with the PTI or Imran as “they are not reliable people”.

It has been pointed out that Imran is contacting the leaders of the ruling alliance through back channel for talks. The alliance leadership will also discuss Imran’s impatience for talks and his objectives in their meeting today.

Federal Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazir Tarar will brief the meeting about the overall situation of the legal battle being fought in the Supreme Court on the elections of Punjab and KP Provincial Assemblies and the controversial self-notification.

Attorney General Mansoor Usman Awan held an important meeting in Islamabad before the departure of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif to Lahore. He has also left for Lahore and will be available for consultation during the meeting.

Sources said the government will consider the option of boycotting the proceedings of the three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, which has been reduced from nine to three after the resignation of the bench.

The ruling coalition leaders will also consider a proposal to knock on the Supreme Judicial Council’s door on certain issues.

In the meeting, a political strategy will be prepared to deal with the upcoming agitation by PTI and Imran.

Sources have indicated that Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader Nawaz Sharif will also join the discussion from London.