KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to file by March 20 its response in a petition seeking to suspend the legislative assembly membership of provincial Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah. Sindh Advocate General Salman Talibuddin argued the Supreme Court has already handed a verdict on the point raised in the petition which, he said, is not maintainable. He said the petitioner is in habit of instituting such petitions and requested the court to rejects it. The petition against the Sindh chief minister said Shah had been disqualified by the Supreme Court on May 2, 2013, but he contested a by-election in 2014 from Jamshoro. The petitioner pleaded with the high court to disqualify him for a lifetime.

Source: Pakistan Today March 11, 2021 08:26 UTC