Disqualification: Petition against Khichi today

Petitioner requested the court to disqualify Khichi.

LAHORE:
The Lahore High Court, on Wednesday, admitted for regular hearing a petition seeking the disqualification of a Punjab Assembly member Jahanzaib Khan Khichi elected in by-elections from PP-239. Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial fixed Thursday (today) for the petition moved by the losing candidate Imran Khan. The petitioner submitted that Khichi was elected in a recent by-elections from PP-239, a constituency of Vehari tehsil. He said Khichi had defaulted on payment of a Rs12 million bank loan. He requested the court to disqualify Khichi.


Published in The Express Tribune, February 28th, 2013.
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