The Supreme Court (SC) has accepted the petitions of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif under Article 62 (f) of the Constitution for September 29.
The three judge bench of the apex court, headed Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja will take up the petitions. The other members of bench are Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Dost Muhammad Khan.
PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujat Hussain and PTI leader Ishaq Khan Khakwani filed petition regarding the disqualification of the prime minister.
The petitioners requested the court to disqualify the prime minister as he gave a ‘false statement’ in the National Assembly.
The petitioner contended that Nawaz was also involved in matters related to the attack on the Supreme Court as well as going abroad for ten years after signing a pardon agreement with former president Pervez Musharraf. He has denied making such an agreement.
The PML-Q chief stated that Nawaz had himself demanded the resignation of former premier Yousuf Raza Gillani in the past.
Khakwani submitted the petition against PM Nawaz on September 2 through his counsel advocate Irfan Qadir, citing as reason his controversial statement made on the floor of the House regarding the role of army in the political crisis.
