SC foxes for hearing on October 18 petition seeking disqualification of Sheikh Rashid

ISLAMABAD (Online): Supreme Court (SC) has fixed October 18 for hearing the petition seeking disqualification of Awami Muslim League (AML) Sheikh Rashid Ahmad.

A 3-member SC bench presided over by Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed will take up the case for hearing on October 18.

According to SC cause list issued on Friday, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar has constituted a 3-member bench led by Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed and comprising Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Sajjad Ali Shah to hear the petition filed by PML-N leader Shakil Awan seeking disqualification of Sheikh Rashid Ahmad.

Shakil Awan has taken plea in his petition that Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has concealed his assets during general election 2013 and had given wrong statement before election commission.

He has prayed the court to disqualify Sheikh Rashid for concealing the assets and giving wrong statement to election commission.