The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday delivered its decision regarding the admissibility of the plea of disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan for not disclosing the name of his alleged daughter Terrian White in the nomination papers. saved
A three-member bench of Islamabad High Court headed by Chief Justice Amir Farooq, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir heard the case today in which the parties, the petitioner, their lawyer Hamid Ali Shah and Khan’s lawyer Salman Akram Raja and Abuzar Salman were included. appear in court.
In his petition, a citizen, Muhammad Sajid, said that Imran Khan had given wrong information while submitting his nomination papers for the 2018 general elections.
The petitioner also said that despite the former prime minister having three children, he mentioned only two in the documents and concealed the existence of his third child.
At the beginning of the hearing, the petitioner’s lawyers argued that the PTI chief did not declare Tyrian White as his daughter in the affidavit submitted to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), making him the party chairman. cannot remain in the position of
The lawyer told the three-judge bench that all the facts related to the case have been submitted to the court along with the petition, while Khan did not respond to any of them.
Justice Farooq revealed that as per the records so far, Khan has neither denied nor accepted anything, he clarified whether the case should be heard or dismissed.
Vakil Shah said that Khan mentioned his wife Bushra Bibi and two sons Qasim and Sulaiman in the affidavit. He added that Khan told that his two sons live with their mother and are not financially dependent on her.
Continuing his arguments, the petitioner’s counsel added that Khan had not disclosed the details of his alleged daughter Teriyan, who was unmarried and financially dependent on her father as per Islamic law.
He further said that even if the case is against the party chairman, he should also be admitted for hearing as according to court decisions, submission of false affidavit is disqualification under Article 62(1)(f).
On this, the court questioned that if the bench decides that the affidavit is false, then what will happen? Responding to this, Wakil Shah said that in such a case, Khan will be disqualified from the party leadership and he cannot become a member of the National Assembly.
The court also inquired about the position of the ECP in this regard, to which the lawyer representing the electoral body said that such applications have been rejected in the past as well.
The court expressed displeasure and said that a hearing is being held to decide whether the petition is maintainable or not. If the suit was maintainable then only the proceedings would continue otherwise it would be dismissed.
The ECP drew the ire of the court for seeking permission to submit the documents. The lawyer, defending himself, said that he only wanted to inform the court that he had already dismissed the case for lack of evidence.
