Tag: Disqualification
Petition filed in LHC for PM’s disqualification
Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday accepted a petition for hearing seeking Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani’s disqualification.
The plea was filed in...
A humiliating spectacle
Country starved for a paradigm shift
In a ground-breaking decision, the ECP has annulled the by-elections held in Tando Mohammad Khan and slapped a two...
PPP calls strike over Waheeda Shah’s disqualification
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has announced a shutter-down strike in Tando Mohammad Khan today (Thursday) to protest against the Election Commission of Pakistan’s...
MNAs seek disqualification of dual nationals
The parliamentarians from both treasury and opposition benches including former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday demanded the disqualification of all dual nationality...
PM’s disqualification petition referred to larger bench
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday requested Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry to constitute a larger bench for hearing a petition seeking Prime...
LHC admits plea seeking PM’s disqualification
Justice Umar Atta Bandial of the Lahore High Court admitted to regular hearing a petition seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on...
Petition seeking PM’s disqualification filed in LHC
A petition was filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday seeking Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s disqualification for attempting to subvert the...
LHC adjourns hearing of Malik’s disqualification case
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday adjourned for May 11 the hearing of a writ petition seeking disqualification of Rehman Malik as senator...
Rehman Malik’s disqualification – LHC asks federation to respond by April...
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the delay in submission of reply by federal government to a writ petition seeking disqualification of Rehman Malik as senator on the basis of his removal from service.
Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed remarked that the court will not allow the government to delay the case unnecessarily. On Wednesday, a deputy attorney general requested the court to defer the hearing as establishment division had not forwarded reply.
Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed remarked that the court will not allow the government to delay the case unnecessarily. On Wednesday, a deputy attorney general requested the court to defer the hearing as establishment division had not forwarded reply.
Application filed to restore Saad Rafique’s disqualification case
LAHORE - Lahore High Court Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Tuesday issued notice to PML-N MNA Khawaja Saad Rafiq on an application by PML-Q's Humayon Akhtar seeking to decide a disqualification case against Saad on merit, which the court had earlier dismissed on technical grounds. Justice Bandial on April 1 dismissed Akhtar's petition. Now Akhtar, through his counsel Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, filed an application to restore the proceedings. The counsel pleaded that the case should be
CEC adjourns hearing on PML-Q disqualification reference
ISLAMABAD - Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (r) Hamid Ali Mirza on Friday adjourned the hearing of a reference against nine members of the PML-Q Unification Bloc until April 23.
Representing the nine members of Unification Bloc members who parted the ways with PML-Q, Barrister Akram Sheikh contended before the CEC that he had no authority to conduct hearing on the case after the 18th Amendment.
"Per law, CEC cannot hear this reference until the completion of the
Representing the nine members of Unification Bloc members who parted the ways with PML-Q, Barrister Akram Sheikh contended before the CEC that he had no authority to conduct hearing on the case after the 18th Amendment.
"Per law, CEC cannot hear this reference until the completion of the
USGA, R&A revise disqualification rule
AUGUSTA - In a decision announced Thursday morning just minutes before the start of the 75th Masters, the Royal & Ancient Golf Club and US Golf Association revised a scorecard disqualification rule.
The change, made effective immediately so it would be cover the year's first major championship, allows for a player who signs an incorrect scorecard not to be disqualified from a tournament in certain limited circumstances. Advances in video technology, notably slow-motion television
The change, made effective immediately so it would be cover the year's first major championship, allows for a player who signs an incorrect scorecard not to be disqualified from a tournament in certain limited circumstances. Advances in video technology, notably slow-motion television
Disqualification case – Unification Bloc asked to submit replies by 26th
ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan on Saturday gave a week's time to nine members of the PML-Q Unification Bloc for furnishing their replies against a reference filed by PML-Q leader Chaudhry Zaheeruddin seeking their disqualification under the defection clause.
Chief Election Commissioner Justice (r) Hamid Ali Mirza heard the case against the nine MPAs of the Punjab Assembly who contested the 2008 general elections on PML-Q tickets but later formed the Unification
Chief Election Commissioner Justice (r) Hamid Ali Mirza heard the case against the nine MPAs of the Punjab Assembly who contested the 2008 general elections on PML-Q tickets but later formed the Unification
Criticism of apex court verdict – HRCSA moves SC seeking PPP...
KARACHI - The Human Rights Commission for South Asia (HRCSA) on Monday moved a petition in the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan, Karachi registry seeking disqualification of the PPP's Sindh Assembly members, who are involved in protesting and criticising the SC's order that set aside the notification for the appointment of the NAB chairman. The petition was filed by HRCSA representative Syed Mehmood Akhtar Naqvi under Article 184(3) of the Constitution of Pakistan, pleading that the
LHC adjourns hearing of petition seeking Zardari’s disqualification
LAHORE - A full bench of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing on petitions challenging President Asif Ali Zardari for holding dual offices. Now the bench headed by Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry will resume hearing on February 3. The bench was hearing petitions of Pakistan Lawyers Forum (PLF), Engineer Ghulam Jillani and Advocate Asif Mehmood Khan who seek disqualification of President Asif Ali Zardari for holding a political office of co-chairperson of PPP.
LHC dismisses petition seeking Faisal Saleh’s disqualification
LAHORE - A Lahore High Court (LHC) election tribunal on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Syeda Abida Hussain seeking disqualification of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat. Abida had lost the 2008 general elections from NA-88 Jhang-III against Faisal. The tribunal consisting of Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed observed that the petitioner could not prove her case against the
LHC dismisses plea seeking Taseer’s disqualification
LAHORE - A petition seeking disqualification of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer was declared 'ineffective' by the Lahore High Court on Monday because of Taseer's assassination. Petitioner Chief Executive of Haseeb Waqas Sugar Mills Mian Waqas Riaz had filed a constitutional petition against Taseer through his counsel AK Dogar, pleading that Taseer was not eligible to hold the office of the governor as he was doing his private business which was not permitted under the Constitution.
