On Monday, Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa gave the order for the officials to bring the petitioner before the court. The petitioner had attempted to withdraw his plea, in which he had asked that the February 8 elections be declared illegitimate, and had requested that the hearing be postponed until February 21. In order to bring Brig (r) Ali Khan before the three-member bench that also includes Justices Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Musarrat Hilali, the chief justice gave the concerned SHO instructions to track him down. Chief Justice Isa made it clear that the nation’s highest court would consider the case and asked whether the petitioners had filed merely to become well-known right away. Although the court acknowledged that Brig (r) Khan had asked to have the petition withdrawn, it questioned whether publicity was the only objective.