00:00 The President of the country has sent back the Army Act and the Official Secret Act Bill yesterday.
00:05 I am talking to the ARY News of the Attorney General of Pakistan, Mansoor Awan.
00:09 Mansoor Awan said that the President has sent back the two bills that were received by the Prime Minister yesterday.
00:14 We will talk more about this with Senior Investigator, Hassan Ayub.
00:18 Yes, Mr. Hassan, thank you very much for taking out time for the ARY News.
00:21 What more did you talk to the Attorney General?
00:24 Yes, thank you very much.
00:26 I spoke to the Attorney General of Pakistan today and he said that the two bills that were sent back by the President yesterday
00:35 have been received by the Prime Minister's Office.
00:37 But the way the two bills were sent to him in envelopes,
00:41 the bills were sent back in the same enclosed envelopes.
00:44 He also said that the President of Pakistan,
00:47 under the Clause 1 of Article 75 of the Constitution of Pakistan,
00:53 the President has used the word "shall" in both cases.
00:57 That is, if the President has to accept the bill within 10 days or if he has to send the bills back within 10 days,
01:04 the President is obliged to sign on both cases.
01:07 But the President of Pakistan did not sign on both these bills.
01:11 He said that the bills that were being completed on the 17th and 12th,
01:17 were automatically accepted and on the 18th, his Gazette notification was also issued.
01:22 But the President of Pakistan did not follow his role in the Constitution,
01:29 which is contrary to his role in the Constitution.
01:34 The President of Pakistan also said that the President of Pakistan has to accept these bills within 10 days
01:43 or send them back because the Parliament can be sent again in the constitution
01:51 so that they can be called for joint sitting and their approval can be taken again.
01:55 And if this is not done, then the President of Pakistan can sit on any bill for five years
02:02 which will make the Parliament of Pakistan dysfunctional.
02:07 So, it is clear that the President of Pakistan has 10 days to accept any bill.
02:15 Mr. Hassan Ayyub, tell us, he is saying that he was accepted yesterday.
02:19 So, is there any receipt or registration in this regard?
02:23 Yes, of course, his diary number will be available, which is according to the Prime Minister's Office.
02:30 So, the Prime Minister's Secretariat must have sent it to the President's Secretariat.
02:36 And his diary number is there.
02:38 When the President receives a bill, his diary number is also there.
02:43 So, all this communication between the Prime Minister's Secretariat and the President's Secretariat
02:49 is properly recorded, his diary number is there, it can also be tracked
02:55 that which office he is in, in the President's Office or in the Prime Minister's Office, in which department he is present.
03:01 So, what will be the next step?
03:04 Will there be any official statement issued, will there be any clearance in this regard from the Attorney General, from the government?
03:10 Look, I myself called the President of Pakistan, I did not get a call from him.
03:14 I called him and when I asked him questions, he told me in response that
03:18 "Mr. President, on the 20th of August, both these bills have been received from the President of Pakistan.
03:25 While the President of Pakistan was banned, in both cases, the President would sign on the bill.
03:31 When the President sends the bill back, then he also has a noting with him,
03:36 that what is his objection to the bill.
03:38 So, there is nothing like that, and the lines written with the objection,
03:43 the President's signature is also signed with them.
03:45 So, the President did not sign on the two bills that have been sent this time,
03:49 which are in line with the role of the bill in the constitution.
03:55 So, this is what the Attorney General of Pakistan had to say.
03:57 Okay, tell me, now that these bills have come back, Mr. Hassan Ayyub,
04:00 then what is its legal status? What is its legal status?
04:04 Because the law has been made in this regard.
04:06 If the President does not sign on the bill within 10 days,
04:10 even if he does not, even if he does not, and does not send it back, then it will be accepted.
04:15 So, now, on the legal basis, these bills have been accepted,
04:21 and these bills have now become law, and in this regard, if you see,
04:25 then under the Official Secret Act, the special court that was established today,
04:30 Shah Mahmood Qureshi was presented in that, and the case has been closed today.
04:36 The case has been closed today, and the case has been closed today.
04:43 Okay, thank you very much, Mr. Hassan Ayyub, for your comment.
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