The registrar of Supreme Court on Saturday returned a petition seeking investigation of international conspiracy to topple the government by constitution of a high-powered commission.
Petitioner Naeem Ul Hassan had filed a petition in Supreme Court, praying that a high powered commission of inquiry should be constituted to hold inquisitorial proceedings with regard to the anti-state activities conducted by the respondent political parties through malafide and abuse of power under the provisions of the Constitution and for committing sedition and treason against the democratically and legally elected government.
The respondents named in the petition include the Federation of Pakistan, Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Law, National Assembly speaker, Election Commission of Pakistan, Federal Investigation Agency, PTI, PML-N, PPP, JUI-F, and MQM-P.
The petitioner had said that PM Imran had taken various measures to restore normalcy in the affairs of the state but local political parties had been “aiding and assisting extremism in the country”.
However, the registrar returned the petition on grounds that the petitioner had not pointed out as to what questions of public interest were involved with reference to fundamental rights.
“The ingredients for evoking extra ordinary jurisdictions of this court under Article 184 (3) have not been satisfied.”
The registrar also explained that the petitioner had not approached any other appropriate forum to resolve the issue or provided any justification for not doing so. Among the other reasons, the registrar said multiple misconceived prayers were made in the petition.
Pointing to a technical fault, the registrar said the notice issued to the respondents was not properly formulated as it did not tell for what reason the petition was being filed and did not have a copy of the petition attached.
