ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court of Pakistan has nullified on Tuesday, theelections of district counsel in Khushab and have ordered that the sameexercise be conducted all over again.
The fallout of the decision will directly affect Sumaira Malik of PakistanMuslim League Nawaz as she was serving as the chairperson district councilKhushab, prior to the decision and will have to vacate the post.
The directives came on a petition filed by Amir Haider and interestingly,this is the second disqualification of Sumaira Malik, by the Supreme Court,in a span of five years.
During the hearing on Tuesday, Justice Gulzar announced the verdict andrevoked the earlier decision of Islamabad High Court, which had restoredSumaira Malik’s official position.
The Islamabad High Court had set aside an Election Commission of Pakistan’sdecision for re-elections in the district council.
In December last year, the ECP had annulled the election of PML-N’s SumairaMalik to the office of Khushab district council by a majority vote of threeto one against which the politician approached Islamabad High Court and gotrelief.