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2025 PLD 737 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation
2025 PLD 737 SUPREME-COURT
Court
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year
2025
Reporter
PLD
Subject matter
Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

VS art. 186---Reference by the President under article 186 of the Constitution to revisit the cases of Zulfiqar ali Bhutto (former Prime Minister of Pakistan) reported as Zulfikar ali Bhutto and 3 others v. The State (PLD 1979 Supreme Court 38) and Zulfikar ali Bhutto v. The State (PLD 1979 Supreme Court 53)---Conviction and execution of death sentence awarded to Zulfiqar ali Bhutto---advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under article 186 of the Constitution---Scope---Supreme Court clarified that it was not hearing a petition, an appeal or a review petition---Neither the Constitution nor the law provides a mechanism whereby Mr. Bhutto's conviction could be set aside---Mr. Bhutto's conviction attained finality after the dismissal of his review petition by the Supreme Court---In its advisory jurisdiction under article 186 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court cannot undo the decision (of Mr. Bhutto's conviction).

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