ISLAMABAD – Yet another disqualification petition has been filed againstPPP Co Chairperson Asif Ali Zarfari.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has filed a disqualification petition againstAsif Ali Zardari this time in the Islamabad High Court.
Party leaders have previously filed a similar petition against the formerpresident in the Supreme Court and the ECP. The SC’s registrar raisedreservations over the petition after which it has been filed in the highcourt.
The petition was submitted by PTI leaders Usman Dar and Khurram Sher Zamanon Monday.
Zardari was elected MNA from NA-213 Nawabshah seat during the July 25general election. The petition says that Zardari should be disqualifiedbecause he is the owner of an apartment in New York and two bulletproofcars. The assets are worth Rs143.7 million. Zardari hasn’t declared theapartment in his nomination papers.
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The PPP leader should be disqualified under Article 62 (i) (f) of theConstitution for hiding asset details, the petition says. Article 62(i)(f)of Constitution deems it necessary for all members of the parliaments to besadiq and ameen. They are prohibited from hiding information about theirassets.
Zardari, the Election Commission, and the National Assembly secretary havebeen named as respondents in the case.
