Court issues notice to parties on PTI leader's appeal against disqualification


 




 Supreme Court rejects Faisal Wawda's plea to stay election on vacant seat


 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has rejected the plea of ​​former Senator Faisal Wawda to stay the election on the vacant seat of the Senate.  Conditioned with decision.  According to details, the Faisal Wawda disqualification case was heard in the Supreme Court in which the court rejected the petition of the former minister to stay the election on the vacated seat on March 9. In this regard, the court said that this is the first case of its kind.  I have to look at the jurisdiction of the Election Commission. It is necessary to decide the extent to which the Election Commission can exercise its judicial powers.


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 Later, the Supreme Court issued notices to the parties in the disqualification case of Faisal Wawda.  It may be recalled that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Faisal Wada has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against the decision of the Election Commission to disqualify him for life.  5 persons including Qadir Mandokhel, Election Commission were made parties in the petition.


 He took a stand in the appeal that the Election Commission is not a competent court of law so it does not have the power to disqualify him for life. Islamabad High Court hastily dismissed the appeal.  He annulled the decision of the commission and sought reinstatement of the senator.  It may be recalled that on February 9, the Election Commission had declared Faisal Wada disqualified for life under Article 62 (one) (f) of the Constitution for submitting false affidavits while submitting nomination papers for the 2018 elections.  It was also ordered to return the salary and benefits received by the assembly within two months. In addition, the ECP withdrew the notification of Faisal Wada being elected as a senator while he was also a member of the National Assembly.  The vote in the Senate election was also declared 'incorrect'.


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