Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 16,17(2),19,188

Law: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Rules, 2002

Section: 5(5)

Law: Elections Act, 2017

Section: 161

Constitution of Pakistan--- ----Arts. 16, 17(2), 19 & 188---Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Ordinance (XIII of 2002), S. 8(5)---Elections Act (XXXIII of 2017), S. 211---Election Rules, 2017, R. 161---Judgment passed by the Supreme Court in respect of Islamabad-Rawalpindi sit-in protest/ dharna by members of a religious political party ('the Judgment')---Review petitions challenging said Judgment---Formation of a Commission to implement the Judgment---Discrepancies and abnormalities in financial affairs of the protesting religious political party---Different applications filed by the review petitioners to either withdraw their review petitions or to challenge certain observations made in the Judgment---Supreme Court observed that regretfully most of the review petitioners had no explanation as to why it was first decided by them to become a party and seek review of the Judgment and then elect to withdraw the application---Detailed observations and directions recorded by the Supreme Court in respect of the different review petitioners before the Court stated. ORDER 1. CMA No.9231 of 2023 ('CMA 9231'): This application has been filed by Mr. Absar Alam Haider, who was the predecessor of the present Chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority ('PEMRA'). He has levelled serious allegations against an individual and his unnamed subordinates. We enquired from Mr. Haider whether he is aggrieved by anything stated in the judgment of this Court dated 6 February 2019 ('the Judgment') and he stated that its paragraphs 35 and 36 create an impression that during the period he was Chairman, PEMRA, he had not performed his statutory duty. When we had heard this matter PEMRA was represented before the Court and the letters/material attached with CMA 9231 were not presented. The operative part of the Judgment with regard to PEMRA is paragraph 53 wherein two directions in its sub-paras (9) and (10) were issued. When asked, Mr. Haider stated that he did not disagree with them. Mr. Haider was not named in the Judgment nor was any blame personally attributed to him. He was asked whether he would be prepared to repeat the serious allegations…

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