LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) has been moved for declaring section 137 (4) of Election Act-2017 against Constitution. Petitioner Munir Ahmad has filed petition through Azhar Siddique advocate requesting court to declare election act in conflict with Constitution. Federal government and Election Commission (EC) have been made respondents in petition.

Justice Sajid Mehmood Sethi while sending petition to Chief Justice (CJ) LHC has said in his note the petition should be fixed for hearing before Justice Shahid Karim who had earlier heard this case. It is appropriate that same judge should hear this petition too. Petitioner has taken plea EC is an administrative institution. Its mandate is to hold election and conduct delimitation of constituencies. Petition further said EC can neither use judicial powers nor has it legal powers to disqualify any one directly. EC disqualified Imran Khan in Toshakhana case. Imran Khan appeal plea against EC decision is pending hearing in LHC. Now EC wants to disqualify Imran Khan from party president ship. Lawyer for Imran Khan requested court to declare section 137 (4) of Election Act 2017 in conflict with Constitution. besides stopping EC from disqualifying Imran Khan from party president ship.

Published in The Daily National Courier, March, 31 2023

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