A full bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday sought details of PML-Q leader Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain’s loans from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the Muslim Commercial Bank (MCB) by April 26.
The bench comprising Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi passed the orders on a petition filed by Wajahat against an Election Tribunal’s order which had declared him ineligible.
As the proceedings started, respondent Nawabzada Ghazanfar Gull’s counsel told the court that Wajahat had his loans written off illegally and therefore was not qualified to contest elections.
However, Wajahat’s counsel submitted that the petitioner did not get his loans written off but they were restructured.
The bench after hearing arguments sought loan details from SBP and MCB by April 26. On the last hearing, the bench provisionally allowed Wajahat to contest elections from NA-104 seat, after suspending the Election Tribunal’s orders. But it observed that the interim relief given to the petitioner would be subject to the final decision on his petition.
