Pakistan's ruling coalition announced in July 2022 that it would boycott proceedings before a three-member Supreme Court bench hearing a dispute over the Punjab chief minister's election.

Dispute Over the Deputy Speaker's Ruling

The case arose after Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Dost Mohammad Mazari rejected 10 PML-Q votes during the chief minister's election. Chaudhry Parvez Elahi challenged that decision in the Supreme Court.

Request for a Full Court

The federal ruling coalition and allied parties asked for a full court to hear the dispute. The Supreme Court rejected the request and continued with the three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial.

Coalition Announced a Boycott

Following the rejection of the full-court request, coalition leaders publicly announced that they would boycott further proceedings before the three-member bench. Their criticisms of the bench represented their political and legal position at the time.

Subsequent Decision

The Supreme Court later set aside the deputy speaker's ruling concerning the PML-Q votes and declared Parvez Elahi the elected chief minister of Punjab.

This article describes the July 2022 proceedings and attributes disputed political claims to the parties that made them.