The Parliament has decided to reject a Supreme Court order to temporarily suspend the implementation of the changes brought to Parliament's rules of procedure concerning the impeachment process.
The decision was made unanimously with the votes of 45 MPs in attendance.
Parliament Speaker Mohamed Aslam expressed concern over the Supreme Court order and requested the MPs to make a decision on accepting or rejecting the order.
Eighty-seven MPs were elected for the current session of Parliament. But seven of them have resigned to take up positions in the government which came in November.
The changes brought to the rules of procedure meant that the vacant seats would not included when considering the total number of MPs.
With the seven vacated seats, the total number of MPs stands at 80 instead of 87. This changed the majority needed to approve matters including impeachment.
In addition, the parliament amended more provisions of the rules regarding the impeachment process.
