SC is asked to rule that Alvi is unfit to serve as president

ISLAMABAD: A request to declare President Dr. Arif Alvi unable to assume the high office of president in accordance with Article 41 of the Constitution was made before the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

In his appeal, Chaudhry Mohammad Imtiaz, a private person, emphasized that the country's ongoing instability was the major cause of the nation's problems.

The petition asserted that this insecurity is a result of the alleged disagreement between the president and the government at Imran Khan's urging. It also claimed that the president declined to ratify a number of bills that had been presented to him and approved by both houses of parliament, including the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill, 2023, the Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2022, the Islamabad Capital Territory Local Government (Amendment) Act, 2022, and The National

According to the petition, the incidents amply demonstrated that Dr. Alvi was unable to serve as president due to his propensity for a certain political party, which was inappropriate for such a prominent post.

According to the petitioner, the president's behavior in the past and today shows a clear preference for one political party.

According to the petition, the president should have specific qualities as the leader of the state, including objectivity and a prohibition against displaying political preferences, bias, or affiliation. However, it said that the president's actions consistently demonstrated that he was a committed supporter of a single political party and lacked any evidence of objectivity.

Additionally, it stated that the president is incapable of holding office since he continually tries to disrupt all of the legitimate efforts of the current administration and really makes things difficult for it to function smoothly.

According to the constitution and the parliamentary form of government, the prime minister and his cabinet are in charge of running the government's operations, with the respondent serving only as a nominal head of state. However, the petitioner claimed that the president demonstrated via his purported acts and deeds that he behaved 180 degrees in opposition to the policies of the government and attempted to fail the incumbent cabinet.

Such examples, it was suggested, were sufficient to cast doubt on the president's legitimacy and demonstrate that he was a person of average ability who was not qualified to assume such a high position in the nation.

A further clear violation of Article 57 (1) of the constitution was allegedly committed on April 9 when the president announced the election date for both the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies without consulting the Election Commission of Pakistan. The petition also claimed that the respondent had demonstrated through his actions that he was ineligible to serve as the head of state. It called the court's attention to President Alvi's previous and present behavior as well as his propensity for siding with one political party.

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