Petition seeking PM Khan’s disqualification rejected

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday rejected a petition seeking the disqualification of Prime Minister Imran Khan.

The petition was heard under the stewardship of IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb.

The petition claimed that Imran Khan concealed the information about his daughter in the nomination papers for election and “submitted a false declaration and affidavit and as to why his nomination to be a candidate or Member of Parliament should not be rejected.”

Babar Awan appeared before the IHC bench as the legal counsel of PM Khan.

As the hearing went underway, the bench expressed displeasure and remarked, “the first rule of Islam is to draw curtain on the personal life of people.”  Justice Athar Minallah warned, if such petitions are filed again in the court, a fine will be imposed on the petitioner.

Irked by the arguments presented in the petition against the prime minister, the bench discarded the plea.

A number of petitions have been filed in the high courts as well as the Supreme court challenging the prime minister-ship of Imran Khan since he sworn for the public office. Nevertheless, all of the petitions have been rejected by the courts.

On August 18, 2018 President Mamnoon Hussain administered the oath to Mr Khan, a day after he was elected as 22^nd prime minister of the country by the National Assembly to form the government at the centre.

 

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