ISLAMABAD: The Tehreek-e-Tahafuz-e-Ayin-e-Pakistan (TTAP) has demanded a transparent judicial review of the constitutional basis for imposing an emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), warning that such measures threaten provincial autonomy, democratic principles and the public mandate.
The demand was made in a joint declaration issued on Monday by National Assembly Opposition Leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai, Senate Opposition Leader Allama Raja Nasir Abbas and former National Assembly speaker and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Qaiser following consultations on the country’s political and constitutional situation.
The opposition alliance stressed that the legality of extraordinary governance arrangements must be examined by the judiciary. It maintained that the supremacy of the Constitution, provincial autonomy and parliamentary democracy should be protected under all circumstances.
The development comes after the Peshawar High Court (PHC) removed petitions challenging emergency measures, governor’s rule and detentions under the Maintenance of Public Order (3-MPO) ordinance from its cause list on November 7. The move followed a Federal Constitutional Court ruling that deprived the high court of jurisdiction over cases filed after October 12.
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