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05-11-2017, 04:23 AM
Daniyal asked about discrimination against him
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday admonished PML-N leader Daniyal Aziz for his interaction with the media in which he claimed that the apex court was discriminating against the ruling party.
“What discriminatory attitude is being adopted by the apex court? Where is Daniyal Aziz?" Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar asked soon after arriving in the courtroom, while resuming hearing into the petitions, filed by PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi, seeking disqualification of PTI chief Imran Khan and Jehangir Tareen over tax evasion.
After the Chief Justice inquired, PML-N leader and the petitioner Hanif Abbasi came to the rostrum followed by Daniyal Aziz looking very nervous. “What discrimination was done by the apex court with you, tell us?” the CJP asked Daniyal Aziz.
Daniyal Aziz used the word Election Commission but the Chief Justice interrupted and remarked, “Don’t malign the courts, it’s your institutions and you are required to further strengthen it."
“We can**t tolerate this and have **t yet barred the comments being given by the politicians on the court’s hearing,” the Chief Justice said but warned that in future, if PML-N leaders continued to pass such statements, the court would completely ban their media talks regarding case proceedings.
Daniyal Aziz, however, apologised before the court. Yet, he continued to express his apprehension about the discrimination being done by the court against the ruling party. It is pertinent to mention here that earlier this month, the court had verbally warned PML-N and PTI leaders against discussing the court proceedings before the media for projecting their own political views. “Sanctity of court proceedings should be maintained as it’s important for the institution,” the SC observed.
Earlier, the apex court, while hearing Hanif Abbasi's petition, asked Anwar Mansoor Khan, counsel for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), to submit his reply stating as to what his position would be if the matter pertaining to PTI foreign funding was referred to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for probing it and then submit a report before it.
The court asked the learned counsel after he could **t satisfy the court while giving his contentions on PTI's foreign funding. During the course of his arguments, Anwar Mansoor Khan repeatedly contended that foreign funding was an issue of the past and a closed transaction thus the matter could **t be reopened. The learned counsel argued that the ECP had **t raised any objections to the audit report submitted by the PTI in 2010, adding that after the ECP accepted the party’s audit report, it was allotted the party symbol.
Justice Umar Ata Bandial, a**ther learned member of the bench, asked Anwar Mansoor Khan as to whether a political party could disown its past. "If Article 184(3) of the Constitution was **t exercised, which forum will decide it”, the Chief Justice asked Anwar Mansoor.
The court, however, was **t satisfied with the contentions of the learned counsel on the party’s foreign funding. The chief justice asked the PTI counsel if the court directed the ECP to probe the matter or if directed the Chief Election Commissioner to appoint a commission under his chair to probe the matter and then submit a report before the apex court, what the position of the learned counsel of PTI would be.
The chief justice asked Anwar Mansoor to tell the court today (Thursday) and adjourned further hearing. Earlier, while commencing his arguments, Anwar Mansoor Khan questioned as to whether the present petition under Article 184(3) of the Constitution could **t be maintained on two grounds; one, that the petitioner was a contesting candidate against Imran Khan, the respondent and had been defeated, however, he did **t either file any challenge to his **mination **r did he file an election petition, especially when the material **w being produced was already available, being public record. The petition was filed for mala fide reasons, he said. And two, there was ** fundamental right breached **r was there a question of public importance.
The PTI questioned as to whether contribution or donations from abroad made the PTI a Foreign Aided Political Party under the Political Party Order 2003. When the accounts as required by Article 13 of the Political Parties Order 2003 had been filed by the PTI, ** objection was raised by the ECP.
He further asked as to whether the Foreign Agents Registration Act being a mandatory requirement in the USA. Further, the counsel submitted that PTI (USA) Limited Liability Company (LLC) acting as an agent of PTI Pakistan, remitted funds received and collected by them as contributions/donations.
In his petition, PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi had prayed to the apex court to disqualify Imran Khan and Jehangir Tareen, accusing them of concealing their assets from the ECP and on their alleged violations of the lncome Tax Ordinance 1979 and People’s Representative Act 1974. The PML-N leader had also accused the PTI of being a 'foreign-funded' party.
The learned counsel, while arguing before the court, informed that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had also appointed a foreign agent to gather foreign funds. “Even the Pakistani embassy collected funds for the PPP during the previous regime."
The learned counsel during the course of his arguments referred to sections 1,2 and 3 of Article 6 of Political Parties Order, 2002 which allowed parties to accept donations from members and supporters, and prohibit them only from accepting funds from foreign governments.
He said that the ECP reviewed account details keeping with the law when they were submitted before the commission. He said if there was an issue of collecting funds from dual nationals, those accounts were given to the ECP which gazetted those accounts.
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday admonished PML-N leader Daniyal Aziz for his interaction with the media in which he claimed that the apex court was discriminating against the ruling party.
“What discriminatory attitude is being adopted by the apex court? Where is Daniyal Aziz?" Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar asked soon after arriving in the courtroom, while resuming hearing into the petitions, filed by PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi, seeking disqualification of PTI chief Imran Khan and Jehangir Tareen over tax evasion.
After the Chief Justice inquired, PML-N leader and the petitioner Hanif Abbasi came to the rostrum followed by Daniyal Aziz looking very nervous. “What discrimination was done by the apex court with you, tell us?” the CJP asked Daniyal Aziz.
Daniyal Aziz used the word Election Commission but the Chief Justice interrupted and remarked, “Don’t malign the courts, it’s your institutions and you are required to further strengthen it."
“We can**t tolerate this and have **t yet barred the comments being given by the politicians on the court’s hearing,” the Chief Justice said but warned that in future, if PML-N leaders continued to pass such statements, the court would completely ban their media talks regarding case proceedings.
Daniyal Aziz, however, apologised before the court. Yet, he continued to express his apprehension about the discrimination being done by the court against the ruling party. It is pertinent to mention here that earlier this month, the court had verbally warned PML-N and PTI leaders against discussing the court proceedings before the media for projecting their own political views. “Sanctity of court proceedings should be maintained as it’s important for the institution,” the SC observed.
Earlier, the apex court, while hearing Hanif Abbasi's petition, asked Anwar Mansoor Khan, counsel for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), to submit his reply stating as to what his position would be if the matter pertaining to PTI foreign funding was referred to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for probing it and then submit a report before it.
The court asked the learned counsel after he could **t satisfy the court while giving his contentions on PTI's foreign funding. During the course of his arguments, Anwar Mansoor Khan repeatedly contended that foreign funding was an issue of the past and a closed transaction thus the matter could **t be reopened. The learned counsel argued that the ECP had **t raised any objections to the audit report submitted by the PTI in 2010, adding that after the ECP accepted the party’s audit report, it was allotted the party symbol.
Justice Umar Ata Bandial, a**ther learned member of the bench, asked Anwar Mansoor Khan as to whether a political party could disown its past. "If Article 184(3) of the Constitution was **t exercised, which forum will decide it”, the Chief Justice asked Anwar Mansoor.
The court, however, was **t satisfied with the contentions of the learned counsel on the party’s foreign funding. The chief justice asked the PTI counsel if the court directed the ECP to probe the matter or if directed the Chief Election Commissioner to appoint a commission under his chair to probe the matter and then submit a report before the apex court, what the position of the learned counsel of PTI would be.
The chief justice asked Anwar Mansoor to tell the court today (Thursday) and adjourned further hearing. Earlier, while commencing his arguments, Anwar Mansoor Khan questioned as to whether the present petition under Article 184(3) of the Constitution could **t be maintained on two grounds; one, that the petitioner was a contesting candidate against Imran Khan, the respondent and had been defeated, however, he did **t either file any challenge to his **mination **r did he file an election petition, especially when the material **w being produced was already available, being public record. The petition was filed for mala fide reasons, he said. And two, there was ** fundamental right breached **r was there a question of public importance.
The PTI questioned as to whether contribution or donations from abroad made the PTI a Foreign Aided Political Party under the Political Party Order 2003. When the accounts as required by Article 13 of the Political Parties Order 2003 had been filed by the PTI, ** objection was raised by the ECP.
He further asked as to whether the Foreign Agents Registration Act being a mandatory requirement in the USA. Further, the counsel submitted that PTI (USA) Limited Liability Company (LLC) acting as an agent of PTI Pakistan, remitted funds received and collected by them as contributions/donations.
In his petition, PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi had prayed to the apex court to disqualify Imran Khan and Jehangir Tareen, accusing them of concealing their assets from the ECP and on their alleged violations of the lncome Tax Ordinance 1979 and People’s Representative Act 1974. The PML-N leader had also accused the PTI of being a 'foreign-funded' party.
The learned counsel, while arguing before the court, informed that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had also appointed a foreign agent to gather foreign funds. “Even the Pakistani embassy collected funds for the PPP during the previous regime."
The learned counsel during the course of his arguments referred to sections 1,2 and 3 of Article 6 of Political Parties Order, 2002 which allowed parties to accept donations from members and supporters, and prohibit them only from accepting funds from foreign governments.
He said that the ECP reviewed account details keeping with the law when they were submitted before the commission. He said if there was an issue of collecting funds from dual nationals, those accounts were given to the ECP which gazetted those accounts.
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