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KARACHI: Federal Minister Faisal Vawda has approached the Sindh High Court to challenge the decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding his disqualification.
As per details, the ECP has filed three petitions seeking the disqualification of Faisal Vawda, who is a former member of the National Assembly as well as a recently-elected Senator.
Faisal Vawda has filed a constitutional petition in the Sindh High Court to stop the decision of the ECP in relation to his disqualification. He has resigned as a member of the National Assembly.
The petition states that the ECP does not have the authority to hear complaints against him, adding that it should be ruled that such actions are not within the jurisdiction of the commission. The court has accepted Vawda’s petition and a hearing related to that will be held on March 9, 2021.
Petitioners against Vawda contend that he had dual citizenship when he filed his nomination papers in the 2018 general elections, a fact that he had concealed at the time. Therefore, he should be disqualified.
Vawda had won the 2018 general election from Karachi’s NA-249 constituency. In January last year, it was revealed that Vawda had committed perjury by falsely declaring in an oath to the ECP that he did not hold any foreign nationality.
Vawda was reportedly in possession of a United States passport at the time he filed his nomination papers and remained an American national even during the scrutiny of his nomination papers.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan had ruled that candidates who hold dual nationality are supposed to submit a renunciation certificate of the foreign nationality along with their nomination papers.
