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| 2 more PML-N legislators stand disqualified
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| ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday upheld decisions against three legislators, two among them belonging to Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) and declared them disqualified for possessing fake degrees and concealing facts and showing corrupt practices during 2008 general elections.
The Election Commission of Pakistan was directed to proceed against the disqualified legislators under the law laid down in its decision on Rizwan Gill and for violating Representation of Peoples Act 1976. The ECP was also asked to make arrangements for holding by-elections on these constituencies under relevant election provisions.
However, the Higher Education Commission was ordered to verify the educational qualifications and authenticity of his Sanad of Molvi Mohammad Sarwar of JUI-F Balochistan minister for labour and manpower and submit a report till August 13.
Those whose appeals were dismissed by the apex Court included Haji Mudassar Qayyum Nehra of PML-N who was elected from NA:100 Gujranwala, Malik Yasir Raza PML-N MPA from PP-13 Rawalpindi and Mir Zahoor Hussain Khan Khoso, MPA elect from PB-26 Jaffarabad-II Balochistan.
A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalil ur Rehman Ramday heard separate pleas filed by these ex-members against verdicts of election tribunals.
In June, an election tribunal, comprising Justice Nasir Saeed Sheikh of the Lahore High Court had disqualified PML-N MNA from NA- 100 Gujranwala, Haji Mudassar Qayyum Nahra, for obtaining a graduation degree by concealing facts.
Nahra had won the MNA seat in 2008 general election as an independent candidate but later he had joined the PML-N. His credentials were challenged by Chaudhry Bilal Ijaz, a runner up candidate of the PML-Q.
Malik Yasir Raza had filed appeal against a decision of LHC Rawalpindi Bench over issue of possession of fake degree.
On June 30, Justice Khwaja Imtiaz Ahmed of LHC's Rawalpindi bench in a short order had declared him disqualified on a petition filed by Ishtiaq Mirza, a PPP candidate.
The petition had challenged the validity of Raza's Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) obtained from the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education in 1995 and graduation degree and matriculation certificate.
The HEC had submitted its report with the apex Court over the Sandad obtained by Zahoor Hussain Khosa, MPA from Balochistan which was not recognized by it.
The same bench also remanded election pleas on NA: 263 Loralai-cum-Mashkhal-cum-Barkhan, PB-17 Barkhan, PB-20 Killa Saifullah and PB:60 to concerned election tribunals of the province. |
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