IHC to hear disqualification petitions against PTI's two parliamentary secretaries.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday fixed petitions - seeking disqualification of Parliamentary Secretary on Law and Justice Maleeka Bokhari and Parliamentary Secretary on Planning Kanwal Shauzab under articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution from holding public office - for hearing on Monday (May 13). Justice Amir Farooq is scheduled to preside over the hearing, as the court has ordered defense counsels of the PTI MNAs to submit their arguments in the case. The applications were filed by PML-N MNAs Shaista Pervaiz Malik and Tahira Bukhari. Malik's petition mentioned that Shauzab lives in Islamabad, but when she contested the Senate elections she provided the ECP with incorrect information regarding her permanent residents. She argued that because of this she was not eligible to retain her NA seat under articles 62 and 63.

The petition asked the court to direct the ECP to remove her for not being honest and righteous. Moreover, Tahira Bukhari said in her petition that Maleeka Bokhari has claimed to have...