PML-N Senator Ishaq Dar has informed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that he was ready to take oath as a member of the upper house of parliament but the only hurdle in doing so was a Supreme Court suspension order of May 2018. However, the plan has hit a snag as Dar is not just ready to take oath, but has suggested different ways of doing so without coming to Pakistan. He referred to Article 65 (oath of members) read with Article 255 (oath of office) of the Constitution, which permits him to take oath from London. Read more Tarin on course to become senatorHe reiterated that he was ready to take oath as and when the civil appeal pending before the apex court was decided or the suspension order withdrawn. The judgment, he added, was appealed before the top court and the ECP notification was suspended on May 8, 2018.

Source: The Express Tribune October 03, 2021 05:15 UTC