World News | Toshakhana case: Lahore HC to hear Imran’s plea on April 12

Lahore [Pakistan]April 8 (ANI): The Lahore High Court on Saturday scheduled a hearing on Imran Khan’s petition against the Election Commission of Pakistan to remove him as PTI chairman in the Toshakhana case, Dawn reported.

A five-member bench headed by Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan will hear the request on April 12.

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The petition, filed by Senator Barrister Syed Ali Zafar, argues that the ECP’s determination and exercise of jurisdiction over the allegedly incorrect statement of assets and subsequent disqualification was unlawful and that violated the constitution.

On December 5, 2022, following the judgment in the Toshakhana case, the ECP initiated proceedings to remove Imran as PTI chairman. He was disqualified for making “false representations and misrepresentations”.

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It informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on December 13, 2022 that it had initiated proceedings to have Imran remove the PTI chairman, Dawn reported.

Accordingly, Imran filed proceedings against ECP at the LHC on January 4, arguing that ECP’s identification and exercise of jurisdiction over the allegedly incorrect asset representation and subsequent disqualification was unlawful, and that unconstitutional.

A day later, the LHC passed an interim order prohibiting the committee from removing Imran as PTI chairman based on the Toshakhana judgment, Dawn reported.

The court will resume hearings on April 12 and allow both sides in the ongoing case to present their arguments.

While the ECP sent Imran a notice of reproach on December 7, 2022, Imran’s petition argued that his qualification and the entire scheme of disqualification had been “misunderstood” and the Supreme Court ruled before the cancellation. The precedent set by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s qualifications has been “misused” to the detriment of Imran’s interests, according to the Dawn newspaper.

No court has passed a disqualification statement against Imran Khan, the petition said.

“The fact that the ECP’s challenged findings undermine the entire project of parliamentary democracy is legally unfounded and likely to be set aside by the courts,” it added.

It argued that the ECP could not issue the challenged notice to the petitioner because it never made a statement against him under section 62(1)(f), Dawn reported.

It asked the LHC to declare the challenged notice unlawful and argued that the ECP did not have legal authority over the petitioner’s findings. (Arnie)

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