ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday rejected the verdict on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader, Faisal Vawda’s plea against his lifelong disqualification from holding any public office by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), saying it was inadmissable for the hearing.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) had reserved its verdict on the admissibility of the appeal filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Faisal Vawda against his lifelong disqualification from holding any public office by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
Chief Justice (CJ) Athar Minallah, on the occasion, asked Vawda’s counsel as to what should be the consequences of submitting a ‘fake’ affidavit. “The Supreme Court, in its verdict has gone one step ahead and said that criminal proceedings should be initiated in such a case,” he remarked.
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Wasim Sajjad, counsel for the PTI leader, on the other hand, was of the view that his client could not be disqualified for life only on the basis of submitting a ‘fake’ affidavit.
He further stated that Faisal Vawda had first filed nomination documents for a National Assembly (NA) seat. “Later, he resigned from the NA seat and was elected as a senator,” Sajjad said, and added that the ECP disqualified his client for life after reaching the conclusion that the affidavit submitted by him was fake. “This was despite the fact that the ECP has no authority to declare someone ineligible. The ECP is not a court of law which could give a decision under article 62 1-F of the constitution,” he contended.
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PTI leader’s counsel also gave references of the Supreme Court’s verdicts on the occasion.
The IHC CJ said that the affidavit has beed submitted in light of the apex court’s verdict.
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