مضمون کا ماخذ : کمپیوٹرائزڈ لاٹری
LHC accepts petition against PM’s election
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday accepted a petition, pleading the court to declare the election of Prime Minister Imran Khan unconstitutional on the basis that at least 69 members of the National Assembly abstained from voting and failed to participate in the formation of the federal government. Last week, the petitioner, Sheikh Zahid […]
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday accepted a petition, pleading the court to declare the election of Prime Minister Imran Khan unconstitutional on the basis that at least 69 members of the National Assembly abstained from voting and failed to participate in the formation of the federal government.
Last week, the petitioner, Sheikh Zahid Mahmood, filed the petition through his counsel AK Dogar, arguing that all members of the National Assembly were bound to cast his/her votes to person(s) nominated for the election of prime minister under Article 91(4) of the constitution.
The petitioner had stated that 69 members of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) were present in the assembly but abstained from voting, and that by doing so they had failed to perform their duty of participating in the establishment of the federal government.
In the petition, he had explained that the chosen representatives of the people could not abstain from casting their votes, and urged the court to declare that Imran Khan had been elected prime minister unconstitutionally. The LHC accepted the petition for hearing, and directed the petitioner to make the parliamentarians, who did not partake in the PM’s election, parties to the petition.
The court also issued notices to the PPP and JI and ordered Deputy Attorney General Imran Aziz to discuss the matter with PM Khan and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), and appear before the court in the next hearing.
Published in Daily Times, September 5th 2018.
