- PHC BENCH Listen to the request against Ayub, the disqualification of Shibli.
- The court prohibits the ECP from taking more measures against politicians.
- Monitoring of the appeal against the PCP verdict postponed until August 15.
PESHAWAR: The Superior Court of Peshawar (PHC) on Tuesday for Tuesday to the National Assembly and president of the Senate to appoint opposition leaders in their respective houses after the denotation of Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) Omar Ayub and Shibli Faraz from the main parliamentary positions.
Upon hearing a petition against the decision of the Electoral Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to denotify Ayub and Faraz, the Bank of two PHC members comprising Judge Arshad Ali and Judge Khurshid Iqbal also prohibited the electoral body from taking more measures against the politicians of the opposition party.
The court postponed the hearing until August 15.
The development occurs after the ECP, last week, to the nine legislators of PTI boneless, including Ayub and Faraz, after their convictions in the cases of May 9.
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The members of the Punjab Muhammad Ansar IQBAL (PP-73 Sargodha-III) Junaid Afzal (PP-98 Faisalabad-L) assembly, and Rai Muhammad Murtaza Iqbal (PP-203 Sahiwal-Vi) were also due.
Legislators were disqualified under article 63 (1) (h) of the Constitution (a person will be disqualified from being elected [if] … has been, for condemning for any crime that involves moral turbitude, condemned to imprisonment for a period of not less than two years).
The ECP decision followed the 10 -year judgment granted to PTI leaders by a special anti -terrorism of Faisalabad (ATC).
In his verdict, the special ATC sentenced 108 individuals of the total of 185 accused, who also includes the head of the Sunita Ittehad (sic) Hamid Raza Council, who received 10 years in prison.
In statements to the media today, the president of the PTI, the lawyer Gohar Ali Khan, said that the PHC had prohibited ECP on the issue of disqualification and also prohibited the appointment of opposition leaders in both chambers of Parliament.
“We are being discriminated against [….] And they are being treated unfairly, “Gohar said while regretting the legal problems in the process of the former ruling party.
“He [election] The commission did not listen to us, did not send a notice and [our members] They were disqualified during the night, “said the president of PTI, added that the solution to political problems is found in negotiations.
“We strive to make the dialogue successful [but our] The negotiators could not even meet the founder of PTI, “he said.
