IHC defers hearing in 3 PTI MNAs eligibility case.

Byline: SHAHID RAO

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Friday deferred hearing and sought more details in the petitions challenging eligibility of three PTI MNAs including Maleeka Ali Bokhari, Tashfeen Safdar and Kanwal Shauzab.

A single bench of IHC comprising Justice Aamer Farooq conducted hearing of three identical petitions filed by the petitioners including Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) MNAs Shaishta Pervaiz and Tahira Bukhari and two other petitioners Abdullah Khan and Chaudhary Mehmood Ali Hashim.

During the hearing, Justice Aamer directed to inform the court that what was the last date of submission of nomination papers and on which date the respondents submitted their nomination papers.

Later, the court deferred hearing in this matter till November 15 for further proceedings.

The petitioners prayed to the court that the three MNAs did not meet the criteria to hold membership of the Parliament under Article 62, 63 of the Constitution as they hide information in their nomination papers.

They had claimed in their pleas that MNA Maleeka Bokhari was not eligible to participate in general election as she was holding dual nationality at time of submission of her nomination papers.

The petition stated that she submitted her nomination papers on June 10, 2018 and left the British nationality on June 11. The petitioner...

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