Overview
- An eight-member bench led by Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan is hearing the live‑streamed case challenging Pakistan’s 26th Constitutional Amendment.
- Justice Musarrat Hilali remarked that judges elevated after the amendment should not sit on the bench hearing challenges to it.
- Senior counsel Munir A. Malik endorsed Hamid Khan’s request for a full court and argued the bench could issue a judicial order to constitute one, prompting questions about Articles 187 and 191A.
- Multiple justices reiterated that the 26th Amendment remains part of the Constitution until set aside, and lawyers must proceed on that basis.
- The court deferred further arguments to October 13, with petitions brought by PTI, JI, SIC, and bar bodies, and with the amendment’s changes to CJP selection, tenure, and bench formation under scrutiny.