Iftikhar Ahmad Khan was elected from PP-81 District Jhang during the general elections 2013. PHOTO: FILE
The verdict was given by a three-judge bench comprising of Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan and Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rehman while ruling over an appeal filed by Khan against the decision taken by Lahore High Court (LHC).
During the course of the proceedings, Khan's counsel Akram Sheikh maintained that the LHC had disqualified his client without noting all sides to the case.
The bench then gave the PML-N parliamentarian a paragraph to translate. The paragraph was written in Arabic language and was taken from the graduate examination he had attempted in 2004.
Khan said that he was unable to understand the test and needed a month to get an understanding of it.
On Khan's failure to translate the paragraph, the bench maintained the decision of LHC and dismissed the appeal filed against his disqualification.
Khan was elected from PP-81 District Jhang during the general elections 2013.
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What I don't get is that the guy who introduced this whole requirement of being a Graduate for the parliament is facing treason and assassination trials. So why still keep up with this amendment of his?
ET, I dare you to keep this news as a headline until tomorrow.
The real question is "What is the difference between Jahalat and a degree". If someone was able to translate an Arabic paragraph about 10 year ago, spent 10 year politicking after that, is it a fair expectation that he will be able to translate it 10 years later? the answer is NO. Human brain do lose it is abilities if not used, this is a scientific fact, study Psychology please. I do not know this Iftikhar Ahmed Khan from Jhang, and if his degree is fake or not. But I do know that the method used by SC is not fair and againts the the accepted science and legal reasoning at the level of highest court of the land.
@haroon:
Very simple. ET is controlled by the tobacco mafia that Is destroying your health, making huge profits and paying no taxes--thus the deep seated hatred for PTI. All their "experienced" journalists and "astutel" opinion makers are given bonuses (and free K-2 cartons) to malign Imran and PTI.
These inch deep scholars will destroy our country with their bile dripping ignorance soon. We sit and watch helplessly......
@Haroon - This news won't even be on ET when you log in tomorrow. Money talks brother.
Couple of days ago when a PTI member was disqualified for the same reason, it was a HUGE headline on your main page. This time, it is just one of the news items and you can't see it easily. Any good reason for such biasness?