INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Authors: TheIndianSubcontinent News Agency
Supreme Court admits Khawaja Asif disqualification appeal for
hearingISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday admitted a petition filed by former foreign minister Khawaja Asif challenging his
disqualification in an iqama case last week
The apex court has fixed the hearing for May 4
In his petition, Khawaja Asif maintained that he had unintentionally failed to mention his foreign bank account in the nomination papers
The PML-N leader, however, said that he had already declared his foreign bank account and UAE-based work permit even before a petition was
restore his membership of National Assembly
On April 26, Khawaja Asif was disqualified by the Islamabad High Court on the basis of holding an Abu Dhabi Iqama (work permit).Justice
Athar Minallah heading a three-member bench, read out the order disqualifying the foreign minister under Article 62(1)(f)
Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani were the other members of the bench."We declare that the Respondent was not qualified
to contest the General Election of 2013 from NA 110 as he did not fulfill the conditions described under Article 62(1)(f) of the
petition seeking disqualification of Asif for concealing the facts that he was an Iqama holder, legal advisor of a company in UAE and his
recent labour card was issued on June 29, 2017
Khawaja Asif on the other hand took a view that he concealed nothing and his Iqama was declared in the nomination paper.The petitioner
also be disqualified on similar grounds.
