The Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed Qasim Suri, a leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and former deputy speaker of the National Assembly, to submit a written reply in a stay order case.
The challenge to Suri’s victory in the 2018 general election was brought by Balochistan National Party’s (BNP) Lashkari Raisani.
Despite an election tribunal nullifying Suri’s election from NA-265 on September 27, 2019, he continued his term on a stay order until the PTI government concluded.
CJP Justice Qazi Faez Isa, leading a three-member bench, questioned how Suri remained an MNA on a stay order.
The court instructed Suri to provide his written reply in the stay order case within three weeks.
Simultaneously, the court issued a notice to the Registrar’s Office of the Supreme Court, requesting an inquiry report within three weeks regarding why the ex-NA deputy speaker’s case was not scheduled for a hearing after the stay order.
