The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday expressed annoyed over the failure of Kanwal Shauzab and Maleeka Bokhari, two female members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), to submit replies as per the court’s order. IHC Chief Justice Amir Farooq heard the pleas seeking disqualification of PTI MNAs Tashfeen Safdar, Kanwal Shauzab and Maleeka Bokhari. During the hearing, a deputy attorney general informed the bench that the respondents had not furnished their replies yet. Justice Farooq remarked, “Court had asked [them] to submit replies within a week. It has been two weeks but a reply is yet to be seen.” He adjourned the hearing until July 16 with directives for the PTI lawmakers to submit their response without fail. Earlier, the petitioners through their lawyer had requested the court to suspend the membership of the three MNAs until the petitions were decided by it.
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