ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court’s constitutional bench on Wednesday rejected the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s government request to take suo motu notice of deaths reported during the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protest in Islamabad.
During the hearing of the case related to the Climate Change Authority in the Supreme Court, Additional Advocate General of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) urged the five-member constitutional bench to intervene.
Additional Advocate General of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa appeared before the constitutional bench via video link.
“There were deaths from both sides yesterday. The court should take suo motu notice of these incidents,” the Additional Advocate General stated.
However, the bench, headed by Justice Aminuddin, remarked that “the matter is not before us; we cannot see it.”
Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel remarked that they don’t want to discuss matters that are not under their consideration.”
Justice Musarat Hilali told the Additional Advocate General “Don’t talk politics while appearing in the Supreme Court.
Later, the five members constitutional bench rejected the verbal request to take suo motu notice.
Late on Tuesday night, the law enforcement agencies successfully cleared PTI supporters from D-Chowk, Jinnah Avenue and China Chowk.
After law enforcement agencies’ operation, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has called off its planned protest.
The party’s Information Secretary, Sheikh Waqas Akram, said the decision was made due to government brutality and concerns over plans to turn the capital into a “killing field for unarmed citizens.”
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political and Public Affairs, Rana Sanaullah, said that around 550 PTI workers had been arrested during cleanup operations against the protestors.