ISLAMABAD – A bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) formed to hear a petition seeking disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan dissolved for the third time on Thursday.
The newly-formed bench, comprising Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui and Justice Athar Minallah, broke after the latter recused himself from hearing the case.
The case has been filed by Abdul Wahab Baloch, a member of Justice and Democratic party which is led by former chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, asking the court to disqualify Khan for concealing his alleged daughter Tyrian Jade White in the nomination papers for July 25 elections.
Justice Athar Minallah said that he has been linked with Iftikhar Chaudhry, therefore, he could not hear the case. Now, the matter has been referred to chief justice of the high court, who would form a new bench.
The new bench was formed after the former bench comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb had recused itself from hearing the case following the petitioner’s objections.
The petitioner had argued that the case was earlier fixed before Justice Siddiqui and Justice Farooq but later the former was excluded from the bench by appointing Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb.
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The petitioner had filed an appeal in the high court on June 2 against the acceptance of Imran Khan’s nomination papers from NA-243, Karachi, stating that Khan was not Sadiq and Ameen anymore because he had failed to mention Tyrian White as his daughter in his nomination papers.
He also pleaded the court that Imran Khan, the incoming prime minister of Pakistan, should be disqualified under Article 62 of the Constitution.
At the start, Justice Shaukat Siddiqui heard the case and summoned Imran Khan on Aug 1. However, the bench was reconstituted which also on Aug 2 recused itself from hearing the case.
