Lahore High Court. PHOTO: LHC.GOV.PK
LAHORE:
Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday dismissed petitions challenging the candidature of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and Mohsin Latif and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) Aleem Khan and Shoaib Siddique for the upcoming by-election in NA-122.
A two-judge appellate bench, headed by Justice Mahmood Maqbool Bajwa, passed the order on petitions by Pakistan Peoples Party leader Barrister Amir, Pakistan Justice Party chairman Advocate Munsif Awan, Pakistan Awami Tehreek leader Advocate Ishtiaq Ahmad Chaudhry, Hafiz Talha and others.
They had challenged the acceptance of nomination papers of the PML-N and PTI leaders.
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Aleem Khan, Advocate Munsif Awan and Ishtiaq Chaudhry are the candidates for the by-poll in NA-122 and Mohsin Latif and Shoaib Siddique are contesting for PP-147.
Maqsooma Zehra Bukhari, counsel for Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, opposed the allegations against her client saying that his candidature had been challenged after September 15, the day reserved for filing objections.
She also opposed the allegation regarding foreign tours by her client saying that he had once travelled to Germany on an official visit approved by the Prime Minister’s Secretariat.
Aleem Khan’s counsel rejected the allegations against his client saying that there was no case pending against him.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 19th, 2015.
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