- Omar, Shibli Faraz calls the order of the “illegal” ECP.
- PTI leaders urge the Court to annul the order of the ECP.
- Sartaj Gul receives a PHC protective bond.
The main leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI), including opposition leaders in the Senate and the National Assembly, Senator Shibli Faraz and Omar Ayub Khan, respectively, have transferred the Superior Court of Peshawar (PHC) against the Pakistan Electoral Commission (ECP) that is disqualified on them after the conviction May.
PTI Omar Ayub and Shibli Faraz leaders have presented PHC requests against the electoral surveillance ruling that declared them not eligible to a public office.
In separate pleas, PTI’s main leaders argued that the ECP decision is illegal and begged the Court to revoke the ruling.
The measure occurs a day after the ECP extended nine PTI legislators after their convictions in the cases of May 9.
The disqualifieds include five members of the National Assembly, a senator and three members of the Punjab Assembly.
The list includes Omar Ayub (MNA of Na-18 Haripur), Rai Hassan Nawaz (MNA of Na-143 Sahiwal-III), Sartaj Gul (NNA of Na-185 DG Khan-II), Rai Haider Ali (Nna de Na-96 Faisalabad-II) and Sahibzada Hamid Razid Raza (MA-104 of NA-96 Faisalabad-II) and Sahibzada Hamid Raza (MA-104 of NA-96 Faisalabad-II) and Sahibzada Hamid Razaa (MA-LA-104 of NA-96 Faisalabad-II) and Sahibzada Hamid Razaa (MA-104 of NA-96 Faisalabad-II) and Sahibzada Hamid Raza (ma-la-104 of Na-96 (Na-1 Faisalabad-X) from the lower house of Parliament.
The members of the Punjab Muhammad Ansar IQBAL (PP-73 Sargodha-III) Junaid Afzal (PP-98 Faisalabad-I MPA), and Rai Muhammad Murtaza Iqbal (MPA of PP-203 Sahiwal-Vi) were also due.
The disqualification occurred days after an special anti -terrorism court (ATC) in Faisalabad condemned several PTI leaders to 10 years in prison in relation to cases registered after the violence of May 9, 2023.
In his verdict, the special ATC sentenced 108 individuals of the total of 185 accused and acquitted another 77, including former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry, Zain Qureshi and Khayal Kastro.
Meanwhile, the Superior Court of Peshawar (PHC) has granted a protective bond to the PTI Sartaj Gul leader in the case of May 9 after his conviction for an anti -terrorist court in Faisalabad.
In his request, Gul said he intends to present an appeal before the Superior Court of Lahore (LHC) and is looking for a protective bond to ensure that he can do it without fear of an immediate arrest.
Subsequently, the court, after listening to arguments, granted a protective bond to the former minister.
‘Gohar hits ECP’
Speaking to journalists today, the president of the PTI, the lawyer Gohar Ali Khan, strongly criticized the ECP and defended the recent protests throughout the country, claiming that public support is still firmly behind the founding leader of the Imran Khan party.
Gohar criticized the ECP decision, saying that the electoral control agency does not have the legal authority to issue direct disqualification notifications.
“This is the first electoral commission that operates under an order of suspension of the court,” Gohar said.
When qualifying the disqualifications of the ECP as “illegal”, the lawyer Gohar said that PTI would challenge the decision of the Electoral Commission in all legal forums.
While talking about the protest of August 5 of PTI, Gohar said that the protests were carried out in 170 districts, Tehsils and union advice throughout the country, and people showed their love for Imran Khan.
