LHC seeks reply from ECP, NA speaker

Author: By Hussnain Qureshi

LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah on Monday issued notices on an application filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker Jehangir Tareen requesting the court to make four MNAs as respondents in a petition against disqualification reference.

The chief justice sought replies from the National Assembly speaker, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and MNAs Marraym Orangzeb, Maiza Hameed, Ashiq Shah and Talal Chaudhry till December 1.

The lawmakers had accused Tareen of getting loans from different banks, which he later had “written off”. They had alleged that Tareen did not mention this fact during filing his nomination papers.

National Assembly (NA) Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq had sent a reference against Tareen seeking his disqualification under article 63 of the constitution.

Tareen had already challenged the reference in the LHC. In his petition, he had not made these lawmakers as a party, but now through an application, he sought permission of making them a party.

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