LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday fixed for hearing on Thursday (today) a petition seeking disqualification of PTI Chief Imran Khan’s as the party chief.
A single member LHC bench comprising Sajid Mehmood Sethi will hear the petition filed by a lawyer Muhammad Afaq. In the petition, Advocate Afaq argued that the PTI Chief has been disqualified by the ECP under Article 63(1)(p) in the Toshakhana reference, which makes him ineligible to be the head of any political party.
He urged the court to remove Imran Khan as chairman PTI and order the ECP to ask PTI to appoint a new chief.
On October 21, the ECP disqualified the former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman in the Toshakhana reference under Article 63(1)(p). The ECP stated that Imran Khan submitted a false affidavit and was found involved in corrupt practices and ordered to register criminal cases against the PTI chairman.
The ECP’s verdict further said that some of the gifts retained from Toshakhana were concealed in his assets. The PTI Head has been de-seated as a member National Assembly.
