HAJI SAIFULLAH VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN (1988)

In Federation of Pakistan v Saifullah Khan case, the Supreme Court, held that the dismissal of
Mohammad Khan Junejo’s government by General Zia in May 1988 was unconstitutional but it
refused to restore the National Assembly.

AHMED TARIQ RAHIM V. FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN (1990)

On 6 August 1990, President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, under Article 58(2)(b) of the constitution, had
dissolved the National Assembly and the government of Benazir Bhutto. The said dissolution
order was challenged. The Supreme Court, by majority, upheld the dissolution of the National
Assembly. Reference P L D 1992 SC 646

USIF PATEL CASE 

The Federal Court (Supreme Court) declared in the leading Constitutional Case ‘Usif Patel & 2
others vs The Crown’, PLD 1955 Federal Court 387 (Appellate Jurisdiction), that the governor
general had no power to make provisions to the Constitution of Pakistan. After this decision of
the Federal Court the country faced Constitutional crisis which was greater than when the
governor general had dissolved the Constituent Assembly.