Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 184

Constitution of Pakistan (1973)--Art.184--Constitutional jurisdiction of Supreme Court--Petition by a non Muslim against manifesto of a political party apprehending that due to said manifesto certain restrictions were likely to be imposed upon the educational institutions run by the petitioners community--Competency of--Manifesto, being a public declaration of a political party, apprehension, if any, in the mind of petitioner was unfounded--Mere issuance of a manifesto does not give a cause of action or right of grievance to a person especially when no question of law of public importance is to be examined by Supreme Court or violation of any Article of the Constitution is involved--Petition being devoid of merit dismissed in circumstances. Shaukat Ali, Senior Advocate Supreme Court and Manzur Elahi, Advocate-on-Record for Petitioner. Nemo for Respondents. Date of hearing: 24th October, 1988. JUDGMENT GHULAM MUJADDID, J.--Cecil (Sohail) Chaudhry, Christian,, resident of 72/H Gulberg-3, Lahore, has invoked the Constitutional jurisdiction of this Court under Article 184 by means of this petition. He has cited three respondents--Federation of Pakistan; Election Commission of Pakistan and Maulana Fazalur Rehman, President of Jamiat-e-­Ulama-e-Islam (Fazalur Rehman Group) D.I. Khan. The petitioner is a retired Group Captain from the Pakistan Air Force. He rendered meritorious services as a result of which he was awarded Sitara-e-Jur'at and Sitara-e-Basalat. He is proud of his career. The case of the petitioner is that being a law abiding citizen and loyal to the state he has always been obedient to the Constitution and the law. As such he is entitled to equal protection of law as envisaged by…

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