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Azam Nazeer Tarar, a former law minister, described the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision on the judgements review law as “very unfortunate” on Friday, but added that it would not have an impact on former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s chances of entering electoral politics in the near future.
SC decision won’t impact Nawaz Sharif’s campaign: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senator described the timing of the ruling as “important” in an interview with Geo News following the new law’s repeal by a three-member bench led by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial.
He asserted that the Constitution set forth the trichotomy of powers, commonly known as the game rules, for all governmental organs.
“Courts repeatedly interfere with the jurisdiction of the Parliament and issue rulings that limit its supremacy […] this is not a good tradition,” he bemoaned.
He said that because it has happened before, “it weakens the state’s institutions rather than strengthens them.”
Tarar further state, “The timing of the verdict was also painful for me as it was announce after the dissolution of the NA.” The apex court’s instructions prevented the enactment of new legislation.
He further explained that bar councils believed the review’s scope was overly restricted, possibly unjust to numerous individuals, and they had requested the law’s enactment in response.
He continued by stating that the judgments law had required the highest court to form a bench larger than the one that had issued the initial decision.
Another benefit, according to him, was the possibility of switching solicitors.
The Supreme Court’s ruling had led to a widely held belief that Sharif’s involvement in electoral politics had reached its conclusion.
He clarified that an amendment to the Election Act 2017 had nullified his lifetime disqualification and emphasized that this would not impact the potential for Nawaz Sharif’s return to electoral politics.
They changed it so that the disqualification period in Article 62 of the Constitution would not go beyond five years.
Tarar argued that prohibiting anyone from seeking votes or visiting people would go against the fundamental rights.