The PTI core committee has decided to “vigorously” oppose the judiciary-related bill as the government seeks an increase in the number of Supreme Court judges.

Earlier this week, Balochistan’s independent senator Mohammad Abdul Qadir presented a bill ‘The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) (Amendment) Act 2024’ which sought to increase the number of judges, excluding the chief justice, from 17 to 20 was also referred to the standing committee concerned.

The proposed law was moved to “address the rising number [of] pending cases”. The Supreme Court has four jurisdictions: original, appellate, advisory, and review…contributing to [the] continuous accumulation of cases.

The PTI opposed the bill, alleging that it had been brought with ill-intent to install hand-picked judges to get favourable decisions.

The committee during a meeting in Islamabad has also tasked its members of the National Assembly with mobilising workers for a rally on September 8. PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar presided over the meeting. Senior party leadership and the legal team attended it.

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The meeting took place at the KP House in Islamabad, where discussions were ongoing regarding strategies to bring supporters from various constituencies to the Islamabad rally. All MNAs have been assigned the responsibility of gathering people from their respective areas.

Imran Khan’s party also condemned the police raid on a corner meeting held by a PTI candidate.