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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
SC summons AGP in overseas Pakistanis voting caseISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the attorney general of Pakistan directing him to appear before the court in the case of the constitutional petition of PTI chief Imran Khan regarding voting rights to overseas Pakistanis.
A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed resumed hearing on the constitutional petition. During the proceedings, Hamid Khan, counsel for Imran Khan, stated that during the last hearing of the case, the federation expressed its commitment to come out with solid points with regards to the right to franchise during the coming elections.
When the chief justice put this question before Munir Paracha, the counsel for the election commission, he excused himself from giving any statement, saying that he was not present during the last hearing. app
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk