Lahore: The High Court has issued a notice to the Election Commission on the application against the disqualification of former Chairman PTI in the Tosha Khana case.
A 5-member larger bench of the Lahore High Court headed by Justice Shahid Bilal Hasan heard the petition against the disqualification of former chairman PTI in the Tosha Khana case, in which Barrister Ali Zafar appeared in the court on behalf of Imran Khan.
The court remarked at the beginning of the hearing that jurisdiction will be decided before the case is formally heard. Who has appeared on behalf of the Election Commission?, to which the associate lawyer said that the Election Commission’s lawyers are on leave. The court said that it would not be appropriate to hear the case in the absence of the Election Commission’s lawyer.
Lawyer Barrister Ali Zafar took a position in the court that the Election Commission has given the date of February 8 for the elections. Justice Shahid Kareem said that we listen to the parties in the disqualification case.
Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza remarked that his client was elected from Mianwali. How Islam High Court can hear this, you will also tell the court.
Later, the Lahore High Court issued notices to the Election Commission on the application against the disqualification of the former Chairman PTI. The court also issued notices to the parties against the intra-party election of Tehreek-e-Insaf.
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