The registrar of the Supreme Court returned on Monday a “constitution petition,” seeking a ban of the PTI. The registrar raised several objections over the petition and deemed it “not entertainable”.

Leader of Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party Awn Chaudhry had filed the petition praying for the dissolution of the PTI.

“The petitioner had not pointed out as to what questions of public importance in the instant case are involved with reference to the Constitution, so as to directly invoke jurisdiction of the SC under Article 184 (3) of the Constitution,” the registrar stated.

He went on to add that the ingredients for invoking extraordinary jurisdiction of the Court under Article 184(3) have not been satisfied.

Chaudhry in his petition had requested the apex court to declare PTI and its chairman’s acts unconstitutional and violative.

He had “impleaded” the prime minister and defence minister as respondents among others. But the registrar stated that both office holders “cannot be impleaded as a party under Article 248 of the Constitution”.

The SC’s registrar stated that it was unclear “for what purpose this Constitution petition is being filed before this court.” He went on to add that the petitioner “has not approached any other appropriate forum available under the law for the same relied [on] and has also not provided any justification for not doing so”.