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| SC's decision political, not constitutional: Qadri |
| 2013-02-14 |
| [Dawn] Soon after the Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out Tahirul Qadri's petition against the Election Commission on Wednesday, the Tehrik-e-Minhajul Koran (TMQ) chief accused the decision of being political rather than constitutional. Qadri had filed a petition in the apex court calling for the reconstitution of the ECP due to procedural flaws in the appointments of the chief election commissioner and four ECP members. After grilling Qadri for two days on his dual nationality, the SC finally dismissed Qadri's petition after deciding that he could not convince the bench on his eligibility to file the case. Speaking to news hounds outside the SC premises following the hearing, a visibly annoyed Qadri said that the bench did not even hear his plea. He accused the court of insulting him by calling him a foreigner. "Hundreds of thousands of Paks residing abroad remitting money back home makes up for people's salaries here," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |