Tyrian White case: IHC reserves verdict on maintainability of Imran Khan's disqualification plea.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday reserved its verdict regarding the admissibility of a plea seeking disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan for not disclosing his alleged daughter - Tyrian White - in the nomination papers.

The three-judge bench, headed by IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq, comprising Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir, heard the case today with both parties, petitioner, his lawyer Hamid Ali Shah and Khan's lawyers Salman Akram Raja and Abuzer Salman, present in the court.

In his petition, Mohammad Sajid - a citizen - said that Imran Khan provided incorrect information while submitting his nomination papers for the general elections held in 2018.

The petitioner also said that even though the former prime minister has three children, he had mentioned only two in the papers and concealed the existence of his third child.

At the outset of the hearing, the petitioner's lawyers argued that the PTI chief did not declare Tyrian White as his daughter in the affidavit submitted to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) due to which he cannot hold the position of party chairman.

The lawyer informed the three-member bench that all facts related to the case have been submitted in the court along with the petition while Khan hasn't responded to any of those.

Justice Farooq said that according to the record so far Khan has neither denied nor accepted anything, clarifying that the hearing was being held to decide whether the case should be heard or dismissed.

Lawyer Shah stated that Khan had mentioned his wife Bushra Bibi and two sons - Qasim and Suleman - in the affidavit. He further added that Khan had mentioned that both his sons live with their mother and not financially dependent on him.

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