A petition seeking President Arif Alvi's dismissal due to "misconduct" was filed with the Pakistan Supreme Court. Report

 A petition seeking President Arif Alvi's dismissal due to "misconduct" was filed with the Pakistan Supreme Court. Report

The petitioner claimed that Alvi was representing and portraying a political party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which is run by former Prime Minister Imran Khan, and that the President shouldn't have represented any political organization. is evident.

 

As to the article published in the Dawn daily, Ghulam Murtaza Khan filed a plea on Saturday, alleging that the President is delaying the fulfillment of his constitutional tasks.

The petition said, "He is not fit to keep his duties as President and it was necessary to declare that he should not continue as the President of Pakistan because he has violated the Constitution and committed grievous misconduct."

It said, "He was abusing his powers as well as repeatedly violating the Declaration of Independence through his words as well as conduct. As the head of state, he has a constitutional duty to act in accordance with the law."

The petitioner claimed that Alvi was representing and portraying a political party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which is run by former Prime Minister Imran Khan, and that the President shouldn't have represented any political organization. is evident.

The study also said that by "giving benefits to a particular political party," the President was acting in a partisan way.

According to the appeal, the dissolution of the National Assembly by Alvi in April 2022, carried out at the PTI chief's orders, destroyed Pakistan's political landscape and tarnished its reputation abroad.

Reports state that Alvi disbanded the lower chamber of parliament in April 2022 in response to a no-confidence vote filed by opposition parties accusing the Khan-led administration of being part of a "international conspiracy." The speaker of the National Assembly at the time, Asad Qaiser, deemed the no-confidence resolution to be "unconstitutional."

The lawsuit, which alleges that the President's office has been used to influence the party, says that Alvi has abused his authority by supporting PTI using his position (state office), according to a report by Geo News. done in preparation for the sessions.

According to the petition, the President has a duty to maintain national harmony and, as the head of state, he is not permitted to behave in a biased or partisan way by supporting a certain political party.

It makes the case that as the President speaks for the whole nation, he has an obligation to carry out this duty with devotion, patriotism, and commitment.

According to the newspaper, the petition asks the court to look into the situation and prevent Alvi from becoming the head of state.

Article 44 of the Pakistani Constitution permits the President to keep office in the absence of the province and national parliament, which are called in January. Alvi's five-year tenure expired on September 8, yet he still holds the post. and broke up in August. "Earlier this year, respectively," the paper said.