The Lahore High Court (LHC) has rejected a plea challenging Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s decision of contesting elections on all nine vacant seats of the National Assembly (NA).
According to details, Justice Shahid Jamil Khan of the Lahore High Court (LHC) heard the petition challenging former prime minister Imran Khan’s decision to contest by-elections on all nine vacant seats of the National Assembly (NA).
During the proceedings, Justice Shahid Khan asked whether the nomination
papers had been submitted to the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP)
office. To which the counsel representing the petitioner replied in
negative.
Terming the matter ‘immature’, the court said the petitioner should wait
until the submission of the nomination papers and then file his objection
with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) first and then approach the
courts.
The petitioner’s counsel, after observing the court’s vision, decided to
withdraw the petition. Subsequently, Justice Khan dismissed the petition
after the counsel withdrew it.
The petitioner, Mian Asif Mehmood, Punjab president of the Amun Taraqqi
Party, had requested the court to restrain the PTI chairman from contesting
the by-elections on all nine seats in the “interest of the country”.
