[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called an emergency meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) for Friday.
According to sources, the meeting will include the country’s top civil and military leaders, as well as the heads of the country’s intelligence agencies, who will brief participants on the country’s security situation.
The top military and civilian leadership, including the defence minister, interior minister, information minister, finance minister, and other important cabinet members, will attend the NSC meeting on Friday at 11 a.m. at Prime Minister House.
The powerful body’s huddle comes against the backdrop of the country’s deepening constitutional crisis, as the federal government has refused to accept the Supreme Court’s decision on Punjab elections.
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Earlier in the day, the National Assembly (NA) passed a resolution condemning the Supreme Court’s ruling that the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to postpone Punjab elections was “illegal.”
The three-member bench, led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial and comprised of Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Ijazul Ahsan, also set May 14 as the date for the province’s election.
Khalid Magsi, leader of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), presented the resolution to the National Assembly after it had been prepared by the coalition parties of the incumbent government.
Magsi stated in his resolution to the assembly that the three-member bench ignored the majority decision of the four judges who previously served on the bench. He went on to say that the decision went against the court’s own traditions, precedents, and procedures.
He went on to say that the minority was imposed on the majority, and that the parliament rejects the decision of the three-member minority bench and declares the majority bench’s decision ineffective under the Constitution and law.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
