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Ordinance validating Gilani’s actions challenged
ISLAMABAD: The ordinance issued by President Asif Ali Zardari to give constitutional cover to the actions of former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has been challenged in the Supreme Court, Geo News reported.On June 24, President Asif Ali Zardari issued an ordinance to validate orders, directions, instruments, MOUs and national and international commitments made by then prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani from 26-04-2012 to 19-06-2012.
The ordinance read: "2. Validation of acts, etc:- Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force or any Order or Judgment of any court including any Order of Judgment of the Supreme Court, anything done, functions including parliamentary functions performed, actions taken, orders passed, directions issued, instruments made, MOUs executed, national and international commitments made, process of communication issued, advice given to the President in any matter, including in respect of Acts and Ordinances, SROs and other legal instruments issued, powers confirmed, assumed or exercised, or appointments made, by Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani, Prime Minister of Pakistan from 26-04-2012 to 19-06-2012 (both days inclusive), shall be deemed to have been validly done, performed, taken, passed issued, made, given, confirmed, assumed, executed, exercised and provisions of this Ordinance shall have, and shall be deemed to always to have had, effect accordingly."
"(2) No suit, prosecution or legal proceedings, including writ petition, shall lie in any court or forum including the Supreme Court against any authority or any person, for or on account of or in respect of any order made, proceedings taken or act done or advice given whether in the exercise or purported exercise of the powers or functions referred to in sub-section (1) or in execution of or in compliance with orders made or functions performed or actions taken in exercise or purported exercise of such powers."
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