The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday sought arguments by June 13 on a plea requesting the disqualification of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari as a member of the National Assembly (MNA) under Article 62 of the Constitution, read with Section 203(3) of the Elections Act, 2017.
Justice Khalid Ishaq was hearing the petition filed by Ashba Kamran, who urged the court to direct National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq to send a reference to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for Bilawal's disqualification over alleged dual membership in two separate political parties, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP).
The petitioner argued that the ECP, as the constitutional watchdog of the electoral process, had failed to enforce Section 203(3) and its pre-election instructions issued on June 13, 2024, to all Returning Officers, which barred candidates from holding dual party memberships.
She alleged that Bilawal has continuously held dual positions, as chairman of PPP and, simultaneously, as an elected MNA from PPPP, both in the 2018 and 2024 general elections.
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