The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday reserved a verdict on a petition seeking disqualification of three women lawmakers of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). The IHC bench, headed by Justice Amir Farooq, reserved the verdict upon completion of arguments by lawyers representing the petitioners as well the respondents. During the hearing, Justice Farooq questioned the Election Commission’s lawyer if any petition seeking disqualification of a legislator elected on a reserved seat had ever been filed before an election tribunal, to which he replied in negative. PML-N leaders Tahira Bukhari and Shaista Pervez had moved the petition seeking disqualification of PTI’s Kanwal Shauzab, Malaika Bukhari and Tashfeen Safdar under articles 26 and 63 of the constitution. Earlier, the petitioners through their lawyer had requested the IHC to suspend the membership of the three MNAs until the petitions were decided by it. They stated that Bukhari should be declared ineligible to be member of parliament for possessing dual nationality, whereas Tashfeen Safdar be also disqualified for concealing information about her dual nationality in her nomination papers. Last year in October, the Supreme Court had disqualified two PML-N leaders – former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s sister Sadia Abbasi and Haroon Akhtar Khan – as members of the Senate over dual nationality.
IHC reserves verdict on plea for disqualification of three PTI MNAs
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday reserved a verdict on a petition seeking disqualification of three women lawmakers
