Pakistan, Oct. 23 -- Justice Ayesha Malik on Wednesday observed that there was no bar on a full Supreme Court hearing a case fixed before the Constitutional Bench under Article 191A introduced in the 26th Amendment.

She made the remarks as an eight-member resumed hearing over three dozen petitions against the 26th Constitutional Amendment.

Advocate Khwaja Ahmad Hosain, counsel for veteran politician Afrasiab Khattak, presented his arguments.

At the outset of the hearing, Hosain emphasised that the judiciary's reputation "does not depend on the 26th Constitutional Amendment". "This case should be heard by a different independent bench," the lawyer asserted.

Justice Mandokhail then asked, "Do you not trust this bench?", at which the law...