Day: April 26, 2018

Maryam Nawaz on Thursday criticised the court’s decision against Khawaja Asif, saying that the PML-N lawmaker has been disqualifiedin a “fixed match”. She was commenting on the Islamabad High Court (IHC) decision to disqualify Asif as a member of the parliament. Maryam took to Twitter soon after the announcement of the decision, saying: “Those who could not be defeated while playing fairly have been ousted after fixing the match.” “Mark my words, people will vote even the shadow of Khawaja Asif” in the upcoming election, she said. Maryam also changed her…

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105 A three-member special bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday disqualified Khawaja Asif as a member of the parliament under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution for not disclosing his employment in a UAE company as an occupation as well as the monthly salary he was receiving. Addressing the argument by Asif’s legal team that “since copies of the passport attached with the nomination paper also contained a copy of the ‘iqama‘, therefore there was no misrepresentation or concealment”, the judgement days: “Iqama is merely a residence visa issued…

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