IHC to hear petition seeking Asif Zardari’s disqualification today

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will hear a petition on Thursday (today) seeking disqualification of former president Asif Ali Zardari for concealing his assets details.

According to details, the petition was filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and Special Assistant to Prime Minister, Usman Dar.

Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court, Justice Athar Minallah will hear the petition.

Earlier on January 20, Islamabad High Court 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 Usman Dar.

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.