ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday disposed of a petition seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Two-member bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir announced the verdict after petitioner withdrew the petition against the premier.
It should be recalled that in 2018, a case was registered against Prime Minister Imran Khan for not declaring Tyrian White as his daughter in his nomination papers.
The petitioner had contested that the premier should be disqualified under Article 62(i)(f) of the Constitution for providing incorrect information in his nomination papers, adding that he is no longer Sadiq and Ameen.
The petitioner, Abdul Wahab Baloch, was a candidate of the Pakistan Justice and Democratic Party in the last general election. The petitioner had later joined the PTI and filed a miscellaneous petition to withdraw the case in February 2019.
In 2018, the IHC had constituted a divisional bench to hear the case related to Imran Khan’s disqualification. The divisional bench comprised two members and was headed by former IHC judge, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui. The other member of the bench was Justice Athar Minallah.
Ex-judge Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui had heard the case and issued a notice to Imran Khan, summoning him on August 1. Later on, the bench was changed and Justice Mian Gull Hasan Aurangzeb was made a part of this bench. On August 2, 2018, Justice Amir Farooq and Justice Aurangzeb had to hear the case but the bench recused from the hearing after which the bench was dissolved.
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