It is reported that Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered the formation of a larger bench to hear a review petition filed by the federal government against the Supreme Court’s earlier verdict on the Pakistan Steel Mills privatization case. The chief justice issued directions for the formation a larger bench to hear the petition and adjourned the hearing for an indefinite period.

As per reports, a 3 member bench consisting of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi and Justice Saiyed Saeed Ashhad issued notice to Attorney General Mr Makhdoom Ali Khan and respondents Barrister Zafarullah Khan and the People’s Workers Union of the Pakistan Steel Mills and adjourned the proceedings when Mr Sharifuddin Pirzada representing the Privatization Commission asked the court to form a larger bench since the main petition was heard and decided by a nine member Supreme Court bench.