During the proceedings, Justice Aamer Farooq took up Vawda’s petition seeking adjournment of the hearing on a petition seeking his disqualification as a member of the National Assembly for concealing his dual nationality. Issuing notices to respondents nominated in his petition to submit their comments, the judge declined to issue a stay order. During Wednesday’s hearing, the court expressed displeasure over the minister for failing to submit his response. THE PETITION:The petition states that Vawda contested the elections from NA-249 (West-II) Karachi in July 2018 on a ticket of the Pakistan Teh­reek-e-Insaf. How­ever, he was a dual national at the time of filing of his nomination papers, concealing his US nationality by falsely declaring on oath before the ECP that “he didn’t have any foreign nationality”.

Source: Pakistan Today November 04, 2020 09:56 UTC