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1989 SCMR 366

MUHAMMAD ANWAR DURRANI vs PROVINCE OF BALUCHISTAN and others

Citation1989 SCMR 366
CourtSupreme Court of Pakistan
Case No.Civil Petition No, 107-0 of 1988
Date1989-01-08
Judge(s)Naimuddin, Nasim Hasan Shah, Ali Hussain Qazilbash, Muhammad Afzal
ResultOrder accordingly

ORDER

1. ' At the request of the petitioner and also on an application by Maulana Asmatullah, respondent No, 7 is substituted by Maulana Asmatullah, Leader, Parliamentary Group, Jamiat Ulmai Islam (Fazalur Rehman Group).

2. ' The petitioner filed a Constitutional Petition No, 290 of i988 which was dismissed by the impugned judgment of the High Court on the ground that the petitioner had no locus standi in the matter.

3. In view of the fact that the Constitutional Petition No, 291 of 1988 has already been admitted to a regular hearing by the Baluchistan High Court and is fixed on 30th January, 1989, the parties to this petition agree that the impugned judgment be set aside with the direction that the aforesaid Constitutional Petition be heard by the High Court on merits, and the hearing of the Constitutional Petition on remand be accelerated to within 10 to 15 days from today. Learned Attorney-General also joins in the request.

4. ' Accordingly, we convert this petition into an appeal, allow it, set aside the impugned judgment and remand the proceedings to the High Court for hearing of Constitutional Petition No, 290 of 1988 alongwith Constitutional Petition No, 291 of 1988 within fifteen days from today in view of urgency in resolving the Constitutional dispute.

5. ' There will be no order as to costs.

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