ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has turned down the petitions filed against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) women MNAs over their disqualification as a member of Parliament.
IHC Justice Aamir Farooq conducted the hearing of the petitions filed by Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leaders Tahira Bukhari and Shaista Pervez requested the court to disqualify PTI’s Kanwal Shauzab, Malaika Bukhari and Tashfeen Safdar under Article 26 and 63 of the country’s Constitution.
The three lawmakers were elected on reserved seats for women from Punjab.
In the petition, the petitioners stated that Bukhari should be declared ineligible to be a member of Parliament for possessing dual nationality, whereas Tashfeen Safdar should be also disqualified for concealing information about her dual nationality in her nomination papers.
They claimed that the MNA had left the dual nationality in 2013 and in an affidavit had said she neither held any dual nationality nor applied for it, however, the statement was baseless.
The petition added third MNA, Shauzab had given wrong information in documents to shift her vote from Islamabad to Rawalpindi.
A petition against Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Faryal Talpur has also been filed in the ECP by the PTI party.
In this regard, the commission also issued notice to Talpur in the case. The petitioner said that his plea was rejected earlier after he failed to appear before the ECP in the case.
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