Eligibility questioned: LHC issues notices issued to ECP, MNA

LAHORE: Justice Ayesha Malik of Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday issued notices to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and National Assembly Member (MNA) Asfandyar Bhandara on a plea seeking his disqualification. Pakistan Tehreek-i-Inqilab had moved the petition through AK Dogar stating that the MNA had concealed facts while filing his nomination papers. Dogar said the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had filed a reference against the MNA. The lawyer requested the court to disqualify Bhandara as an MNA under Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution. A law officer told the court that neither the ECP nor the MNA had responded to the court’s notices.  The judge issued the notices and adjourned the hearing until October 27.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 1^st, 2014.