ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has fixed a petition, filed by Chairman of Pakitan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Imran Khan, challenging verdict by Election Commission about disqualifying him from present term, for Monday.
Earlier, Imran Khan had challenged the verdict of Election Commission of Pakistan of disqualifying him for present term in Toshakhana reference. The Assistant Registrar of IHC, Asad Khan, raised objections on Imran Khan’s petition, saying that the petitioner didn’t go through the bio-metric verification, and that there was no urgency to fix the case for hearing today.
Conducting the initial hearing, Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court, Justice Athar Minallah agreed with the observation of Assistant Registrar, saying there seemed no urgency, and that petition would be taken up for hearing on Monday.
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(a) Declare, find and hold that the Impugned Order dt 21-10-2022 is against the settled principles of law on Art.63 of the Constitution, misconceived and set it aside, inter alia, on the basis of facts and grounds as urged hereinabove,
(b) Declare find and hold that ECP could not have exercised the jurisdiction to decide any questions of corrupt practice or disqualification’ under $137 read with $232 of the Election Act and further read with Rule 137 of Election Rules, 2017,
(c) Declare that the Reference itself is incompetent illegal, unlawful and without lawful authority, mala fide and devoid of force and in the circumstance of the instant case declare it as null and void in the interest of Justice
(d) In the meanwhile, this Court may kindly be pleased to suspend the operation of the impugned Order dated 21-10-2022 and restrain further proceeding by ECP or its behest till final disposal of the titled petition
(e) Any other relief as deemed just and appropriate may also be granted in favor of the Petitioner.
