He doesn’t seem to be doing his constitutional duty with the new government. There are questions about how much he can stop the coalition led by Shehbaz Sharif from working.
Salahuddin Ahmed, a lawyer, says that: “They write down everything that is done on President Trump’s orders, with his help. He does some of them on his own, too (appointment of caretaker and dissolution of assemblies). As soon as the president starts to ignore the advice of the prime minister, the state’s machinery would quickly grind to a stop. “
If he wants to, the president can put things on hold for the government. It’s the constitutional lawyer’s job to make sure that the law is being followed. “People who get jobs, like governors, can wait for the PM’s advice for 15 days. Then he can send it back for a second look. When he gets that back, he can hold on to it for another 10 days. This means that he can delay the appointment of a person like the governor for about 25–26 days.“
Constitutionally, the president of Pakistan also has a say in how laws are made. If parliament passes a bill, it can’t become law until the president signs off on it, so he has a say in how laws are made. Raja says that if the president decides to put obstacles in the way of a government that is already in place, there could be a long delay in getting things done.
“He can delay a bill for 10 days by not signing it, and he can send it back to parliament, which has to call a joint session, pass it again with a simple majority, and send it back to him. He can also send money bills back to parliament, which has to pass them again with a simple majority and send them back to him. It would take a lot of time to set up the joint session, as well as any speeches or filibusters by PTI senators during the session. Once the bill is passed, the president has 10 days to sign it, and he has to do it again. It will take about 30 to 35 days for the president to put off one piece of legislation. “
The president is said to have told Punjab Governor Umar Sarfaraz Cheema to stay in office until a decision is made about his removal from office. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that Cheema should be removed from office. This was a little ironic because the PTI government had just replaced Chaudhry Sarwar as governor of Punjab with Cheema in one day. The president had agreed to the job.
Ahmed Bilal Mehboob, the president of Pildat, says: “It can be very difficult for the government if someone doesn’t care about the rules and norms and the spirit of the Constitution.” For example, a simple look at the Constitution tells us that if we need to make a big decision like a governor, we can hold off on it for up to 25 or 26 days.“
Salman Raja thinks that the process of getting rid of the current governor and getting a new one set up could take 25-26 days. Then another 25-26 days would be needed to get a new governor set up. “It doesn’t happen until a new governor is chosen and the speaker of the provincial assembly is in charge of the country until then. Here in Punjab, Pervaiz Elahi is the person who talks. The House can, of course, vote to remove the speaker if they don’t like him or her. “
Most of the time, if the president is not from a party or a party that is in power, there is a way to get rid of him or her. Of the three constitutional grounds for impeachment in Pakistan, Salman Raja says there could be a case for violating the Constitution, but the government doesn’t have enough votes to get rid of the president. There must be two-thirds of the votes for impeachment, but the coalition government doesn’t have enough of them by about 25 or so votes.
There is another way to get things done. You can go to court to get things done. Ahmed Bilal Mehboob says that if the president doesn’t do a constitutional duty, like giving an oath himself or delegating someone else to do it, then the country will be in trouble. “As far as I know, the only way this can be done legally is through the court. It must be known that giving an oath is a constitutional duty for him to do. When the president is in charge, there aren’t many things he has to do. This is one thing he has to do. There are ways for the government to get help if even that doesn’t work for him. Because this is a unique situation, it is very sad that someone has to make a case against the head of the state in court. In this case, I would say:
He says that while Salahuddin Ahmed agrees that there is the option of taking the president’s actions to court, it could lead to “another argument about constitutional immunity for him and whether the court can issue contempt against him—though if his actions are mala fide or alien to the Constitution, it can.”
Her job is to be a lawyer and to look at politics. “The Supreme Court of Pakistan has said many times that because the president is the head of the country, he must do his job “neutrally and impartially.” The Supreme Court has also said that the president should not get into politics or support any one person, group, or political party. “
Reema says that pursuing a political strategy while you are president is a difficult thing to do because you are in charge. “President Alvi’s actions are a slap in the face to this job and a clear breach of the constitution. It shows that the PTI doesn’t care about the Constitution at all. They’re willing to make fun of the most important rules of parliamentary democracy even if it just makes things a little more difficult for the new government to work. “