IHC dismisses plea over amendment in overseas vote law

ISLAMABAD: The IHC dismissed a petition with regard to amendment in the procedure of overseas Pakistanis vote, private news channel reported.

Chief Justice Athar Minallah hearing the petition said that the petition is premature as the President has sent back the bill of amendment in the law to the Parliament.

“The proposed amendment has not become a law to notified,” Justice Minallah said.

“Nothing happened, which thing to struck down,” chief justice IHC questioned.

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“If the court takes back the parliament’s power,” the Chief Justice asked.
“You take back the petition,” the judge asked the petitioner lawyer.

“I have collected all relevant laws of the world for the court,” Advocate Arif said. “Didn’t the overseas Pakistanis exercised their right to vote in elections,” the bench questioned. “They did so in by elections,” the lawyer replied. “Are you respect the constitution, the Parliament must also esteemed,” the Justice remarked.

“This process began 30 years ago, we want continuation of the process, which has halted,” the lawyer pleaded.

“You should peruse the laws of all American states, which are divergent with regard to the vote of the overseas nationals,” court observed.

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“You file a new petition after amendment in the law,” the bench said and dismissed the plea.

In a previous hearing Justice Athar Minallah said that the overseas Pakistanis have not been disenfranchised in the amendment. “If the nine million overseas Pakistani citizens will vote in a single constituency,” he questioned.

“The procedure for overseas Pakistanis vote is a complicated issue. Everyone bring petition to the court but no one knows the law,” chief justice IHC remarked.