Expressing its dismay over delay in much-awaited population census, the Supreme Court hinted at summoning Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif if the federal government fails to perform its constitutional duty of holding census from March 15, 2017 in the country.
Resuming the hearing of a suo motu case over delay in the population census in the country on Thursday, a three-member bench led by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali observed if the government is not willing to fulfil its constitutional duty to hold census then it would be better to amend the Constitution accordingly. Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali remarked that without population census, policymaking process has no value.
Terming next general election on the existing delimitations as a joke with the nation, Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali observed that not even one political party has shown interest in the case of national importance. He said that conducting much overdue national population census would break status quo on delimitation in order to entertain manifold impacts of social and infrastructure development in the country.
Citing bad governance in Sindh Public Service Commission, the Chief Justice observed that apex court took a suo motu notice in the matter to which seven persons including Chairman of Commission resigned from the posts, adding that federal government's working is not different from that of the Sindh government. The Attorney General for Pakistan apprised the court that census could be completed in three months, to which the court asked him to hold the census from March 15 to May 15, 2017 in the country. Later, seeking a blueprint of holding national population census from the federal government with aspiration of the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the bench adjourned hearing of the case till December 07.
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