SC moved for disqualification of President Arif Alvi

ISLAMABAD: A plea has been filed with the Supreme Court seeking the disqualification of President Arif Alvi, ARY News reported on Tuesday.

The petition, moved by citizen Chaudhry Muhammad Imtiaz, sought the disqualification of President Dr Arif Alvi under Article 41.

According to the petition, President Arif Alvi is violating his oath by working on the directions of one political party. He pleaded with the court to immediately remove Alvi from the top office.

Back in March this year, a similar disqualification plea was filed against Arif Alvi which was turned down by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

A two-member bench headed by Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan heard the petition filed by a citizen, Zahoor Mehndi, under Article 62 1(F) of the Constitution.

The petitioner raised six objections to his candidature, and one of them was that at the time of the presidential election, he (Alvi) was an under-trial accused and was not eligible for the presidency.

According to Mehdi, he also submitted his nomination papers to contest the election of president but his papers were rejected as he had no proposer and seconder.

The petitioner had said that the country was in crisis due to the appointment of an unqualified person as president and the political parties were at odds with each other.

Subsequently, the SC dismissed the petition.