ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Monday approved the formation of a five-member special house committee to `prepare and forward` references against Supreme Court judges to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) over their alleged misconduct.

The lower house of parliament, which met after a two-day recess, also passed two strongly-worded resolutions, condemning the last week `vandalism` by the protesters and demanding action against the PTI leadership for `attacking military installations`.

The motion seeking formation of the committee for sending references to the SJC under Article 209 of the Constitution was moved by Shazia Sobia Soomro of the PPP after a number of speakers, including key ministers, in their hardhitting speeches called for action against Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial and other likeminded judges for allegedly `facilitating` PTI Chairman Imran Khan by providing a blanket relief to him in the form of bail in all the cases.

The committee will comprise Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha of the PML-N, Khursheed Junejo of the PPP, Shehnaz Baloch of the Balochistan Awami Party, Salahuddin of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Salahuddin Ayubi of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F).

The lawmakers delivered the antijudiciary speeches at a time when the three-judge bench headed by the CJP was hearing the Punjab polls case in the adjacent SC building and thousands of the workers of the ruling coalition parties were converging on the Constitution Avenue for a sit-in outside the SC against the court`s recent `partial decisions`.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also spent a significant time in the house.

Later, during the joint sitting of parliament in the evening, which had been called for some legislative work, the lawmakers again targeted the judiciary and Foreign Minister and PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said the PTI had the last chance to decide between terrorism and politics.

NA Session At the outset of the NA sitting, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif urged the speaker to suspend the normal business to allow the members to debate on the events that took place after the arrest of the PTI chief on May 9 and his immediate release due to `unprece-dented` SC`sintervention.

The members castigated the judiciary, particularly CJP Bandial, calling him a `PTI agent`. They especially hit out at the CJP over his reported remarks welcoming the PTI chief in the court and `wishing him best of luck` while sending him to a guest house to spend a night.

Condemning the attacks on the military installations, including the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi, the members called for trial of the arsonists and PTI leadership through military courts under the Army Act.

Expressing concern over the decision of the Islamabad High Court to grant Mr Khan bail even in the cases to be registered later, the members said it seemed that the court had granted him a permission to commit any crime and he could not be booked even if he committed a murder.

Opposition leader and PTI dissident Raja Riaz alleged that the PTI had brought trained people from Afghanistan to attack the police and sensitive installations in the country.

`Instead of publicly hanging this person [Imran]`, he said, the PTI chief was treated by the court as the `son-in-law`. He advised the CJP to resign and contest the election on the PTI ticket. He said they had never seen in the past 40 years any person gettingbailafterbeingsent on a physical remand.

The defence minister alleged that there was a group of judges in the judiciary which was openly supporting the PTI. He regretted that the courts were protecting those who had attacked the corps commander`s house, Rangers posts, GHQ and PAF Base in Mianwali and desecrated the monuments of martyrs.

The minister regretted that the army installations were being attacked at a time when it had decided to function within its constitutional domain.

Joint sitting Taking the floor during the joint sitting of parliament, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari regretted that the PTI decided to opt for a violent response to Mr Khan`s arrest and chose to act as a terrorist organisation.

`Instead of greeting the culprit with a `nice to see you`, the court should have condemned militant organisation and terrorism. It should have given Imran Khan the opportunity to choose between being a terrorist organisation or a political party. The resulting decision should have been based on his answer,` he went on saying.