Supreme Court admits PTI's plea over Nawaz's disqualification

SC Registrar Office's had previously refused to admit the petition, raising objections.

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday admitted a petition filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Ishaq Khakwani seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif under Article 62 (f) of the Constitution.  

The PTI had initially submitted the petition on September 2, requesting the disqualification of PM Nawaz for allegedly making false statements on the floor of the National Assembly regarding the role of army in the country’s continuing political crisis.

The petition argued that the PM had asked the army chief General Raheel Sharif to act as a “mediator” between the government, PTI and Pakistan Awami Tehreek, and serve as a “guarantor” to any agreement between the parties concerned, which he later denied on the floor of the house.

According to the Article 62 (f) of the Constitution a person is not qualified to be elected or chosen as a member of Parliament unless he is “sagacious, righteous, non-profligate, honest and ameen”.

PTI argued that since Nawaz had given a 'false' statement, he should be disqualified as a member of the NA.

When the petition was first filed, the Supreme Court's registrar office raised objections against the petition and refused to admit it. However, these have now been set aside, and the hearing has been scheduled for early next week.Earlier, the registrar office had rejected PTI leader's plea by raising objections.