‘Court not to facilitate political dialogue,Justice Athar Minallah

Islamabad;(Staff Reporter)_The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday said it would accept the PTI’s petition against phased acceptance of the resgination given by its members of the National Assembly (MNAs) if the party decided to return to the Assembly.

Chief Justice of the IHC Justice Athar Minallah told PTI’s lawyer Barrister Ali Zafar that the court was ready to accept the petition but only if the party MNAs took their seats in the NA tomorrow.

Barrister Zafar replied that the MNAs could not go back to the House since they had been evicted by the coalition government.

CJ Minallah made it clear to him that the court would not allow anybody to use it for ‘political point scoring’. “NA speaker has already offered the PTI MNAs to return  to the Assembly  and again become part of the parliamentary process,” he added.

Later, the court adjourned the hearing for one hour after PTI’s lawyer sought time for consultations with the party leaders over the issue.