*ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court has announced the verdict in the petitionagainst disqualification of PM Imran Khan.*

*SC has rejected on Thursday Hanif Abbasi’s request to disqualify PrimeMinister Imran Khan.*

Filed through his lawyer Akram Sheikh, the request asked for an intra-courtappeal under Article 184 (3) of the Constitution. Article 184 (3) empowersthe Supreme Court to take action if it considers something is of publicimportance.

The petitioner wants the case to be heard from scratch, however, the courtsaid it cannot hear the intra-court appeal. An intra-court appeal is when alarger bench reviews the verdict of a smaller bench of the same court.