IHC to hear plea seeking Zardari’s disqualification on April 4

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) to take up a plea seeking disqualification of co chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari for concealing his assets details, on April 4, reported ARY News on Wednesday.

The plea filed by Prime Minister’s Special Assistant Usman Dar will be heard by Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court, Justice Athar Minallah.

The Islamabad High Court on Jan 20, had removed objections raised by the registrar office on disqualification writs field by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), seeking disqualification of former president Asif Ali Zardari for concealing details of his assets

The IHC registrar office had raised administrative objections over the petitions filed by Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Mohammad Usman Dar.

Read more: PTI files disqualification petition against Zardari in SC

Dar while expressing gratitude to the high court on the acceptance of his disqualification petition against Asif Ali Zardari, had said said “The former president will be disqualified under Article 62 (1)(F)”.

The petition filed by PTI lawmaker Usman Dar  had pleaded the court to disqualify the Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman as a National Assembly member for not being “Sadiq and Amin” under Article 62 (1)(f) of the Constitution.

It accused Zardari of owning an apartment in Belaire Condominiums located at 524 East 72nd Street in New York which he failed to disclose in his nomination papers for the 2018 general elections.

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