Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) plans to ask the Federal Constitutional Court for the withdrawal of a stay order it issued on November 5, party chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said. The order halts proceedings in the Peshawar High Court on certain constitutional petitions, and the party says it is causing problems for political figures and ordinary citizens alike.
What the November 5 order covers
According to the party, the order bars the Peshawar High Court from hearing cases about arrests made under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) law. Gohar said the high court had removed PTI cases scheduled for November 10 from its cause list, which is the daily schedule of matters to be heard. He argued that the cases should not have been dropped on administrative grounds.
PTI's position
Gohar said the high court should have taken up the cases and decided how the November 5 order applied to each of them. He said the party would make its request to the Federal Constitutional Court, seeking to have the order withdrawn. The party has framed the issue as one that reaches beyond its own leaders, touching ordinary people who have matters before the court.
What happens next
No date has been announced for when PTI will file its request, and no response from the Federal Constitutional Court has been reported. Until the court rules, the stay remains in place and the affected petitions stay on hold in Peshawar.
Aasan alfaaz mein
PTI ne elan kiya hai ke wo Federal Constitutional Court se 5 November ke stay order ko wapas lene ki darkhast degi. Ye order Peshawar High Court mein kuch constitutional petitions ki sunwai ko rok raha hai, jis se siyasi rehnumaon ke saath aam shehri bhi mutasir ho rahe hain. Abhi tak yeh nahi bataya gaya ke court kab faisla karegi.
