Imran has neither denied nor accepted anything: IHC CJ.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday reserved its verdict over maintainAability of a petition seekAing disqualification of PaAkistan Tehreek: e: Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan for concealing his alleged daughter TyrAian White.

A larger bench of the IHC headed by Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and comAprising Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Arbab Tahir conducted hearing of the petition seeking disAqualification of Khan for concealing his alleged daughter in the nomination paApers submitted to contest the general elections in 2018.

In this mater, petitioner Sajid MahAmood approached the IHC claiming that although Imran made arrangeAments for Tyrian White's upkeep abroad, he did not disclose it in nomAination papers and affidavits filed by him for elections.

The IHC bench reserved the verdict after hearing the arguments of the peAtitioner's lawyer Hamid Ali Shah and Khan's lawyers Salman Akram Raja.

During the hearing, Hamid Shah conAtended that Khan did not declare TyrAian White as his daughter in the afAfidavit submitted to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) due to which he cannot hold the position of party chairman.

The IHC chief justice said that acAcording to the record so far, Khan has neither denied nor accepted anything. He further said that the hearing was being held to decide the maintainabilAity of the petition.

The petitioner's lawyers stated that Khan had mentioned his wife Bushra Bibi and two sons Qasim and Suleman in the affidavit. He added that Khan had mentioned that both his sons live with their mother and not financially dependent on him. He continued that the PTI chairman has not disclosed details of his alleged daughter, Tyrian, who was not married and as per IslamAic laws was dependent on her father fiAnancially.

The bench asked what...

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