LAHORE: A petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday challenged former interior minister and MPA-elect Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan’s failure to take oath in the Punjab Assembly. Ch Nisar had contested the 2018 general elections from two National Assembly and two provincial seats, losing all but from the PA-10 constituency. “A time period should also be specified for oath-taking and those who don’t abide by should be declared ineligible,” the petitioner argued. It may be noted that in this regard, a resolution was also passed by the Punjab Assembly on January 16. The petition in LHC further claimed that Nisar’s decision to not take his oath was a violation of the law of people’s representation.

Source: Pakistan Today January 26, 2019 14:26 UTC