SC quashes ex-MPA’s disqualification

The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed the disqualification of former MPA Samina Khawar Hayat in the fake degree case.

The court said that a seven-member larger bench has already declared that one couldn’t be disqualified in a suo motu case. This case would also be seen in light of the judgment of seven-member bench.

Petitioner’s lawyer Tariq Mehmood Advocate adopted the stance that the top court disqualified his client in a suo motu case. Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa, during hearing, questioned that whether the ECP has any objection over the abolishing of disqualification of the petitioner.

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Director General Law Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said that the electoral body has no objection on it. He said that the disqualification period is now five year which had already passed.

It may be mentioned here that the top court has disqualified Samina Khawar Hayat on July 25, 2013 on charges of having a fake degree. The petitioner was elected as MPA on the ticket of PML-Q.