Shehbaz Sharif

Legal brains of the party -- federal Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar, Attorney General Mansoor Usman and former law minister Zahid Hamid -- briefed the premier about the possible consequences the government could face after the Act, became law despite the apex court's order, Dawn reported. The Supreme Court had halted implementation of the bill seeking to curtail the Chief Justice of Pakistan's (CJP) powers to take suo motu notices and constituting benches.

During the meeting, both sides discussed the current issues being faced by Pakistan and the solutions to them in detail, Geo News reported. According to sources, the meeting between former Prime Minister Sharif and the Crown Prince was positive. Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz are currently in Saudi Arabia where they performed Umrah along with their other family members.

"It does not happen anywhere in the world that a court issues a stay order against a legislation which is still in the making," Sharif said while addressing the launch ceremony of the 1973 Constitution mobile application, Geo News reported. He said that it is time for the state institutions to get united for upholding the Constitution in order to keep the national interest supreme, the report said.

The Prime Minister reiterated unity among the allies and expressed his satisfaction on the completion of a year in power, since the ouster of former premier Imran Khan in April last year, Samaa TV reported. Sharif chaired a meeting of the allied parties to discuss the Punjab elections and the current political situation in the country.

The statement came from IMF Mission Chief to Pakis tan Nathan Porter, a day after Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced the confirmation of $1bn in bilateral financial support to Pakistan, believed to be the last prior action for staff-level agreement with the global lender, Dawn reported.

The Pakistan premier took to Twitter to launch a tirade against the former Prime Minister, saying that "his hypocrisy knows no bounds", The Express Tribune reported. "From accusing the United States of toppling his government to now wooing the US to mend fences, Imran Niazi's hypocrisy knows no bounds," Sharif said.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif castigated President Arif Alvi for returning the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill, 2023, unsigned and calling him a worker of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), according to a media report. "President Alvi returning the Supreme Court Bill duly passed by Parliament.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called the verdict a "murder of justice" and compared the Supreme Court's decision with that of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's hanging decades back. Speaking in the parliament on Tuesday, Sharif said: "Two decisions were made today, murder of Bhutto and murder of justice, which is highly regrettable". Sharif's statement is seen as trying to get Pakistan's other powerful dynastic family of the Bhuttos on his side.

The amendments which have been proposed in the Supreme Court's rules, have sparked a fresh debate in legal and political circles and it is expected that the bill may be struck down by the apex court, Dawn reported. Soon after the approval of the bill, called the "Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Act, 2023", by the federal cabinet.

Labelling the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman as a "fraud", Sharif said that it was "not possible to talk" with someone who had "looted the country, attacked the judiciary and did not believe in the Constitution and justice", until he publicly apologised to people and admitted to having caused damage to the country and the Constitution, Geo News reported.