IHC turns down plea seeking PM Khan disqualification

TLTP REPORT-
Islamabad High Court on Monday rejected plea seeking Prime Minister Imran Khan disqualification from the Parliament over charges that he failed to provide accurate information in nomination paper.
The plea was pending before the court without any hearing since August 16, 2018 after a two-member bench comprising then IHC judge Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui and Justice Athar Minallah was dissolved as Justice Athar Minallah had recused from hearing the case on personal reasons.
Abdul Wahab Baloch and a citizen Hafiz Ehtesham have filed the petitions against Imran Khan, praying to bar the PTI chief from taking PM oath as he is not Sadiq and Ameen under Article 62(1)(f) of Constitution for not mentioning his illegitimate daughter in his nomination papers.
Turning down the plea on Monday, a division bench of the Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Mian Gull Hasan Aurangzaib observed that the first principle of Islam is to keep someone’s personal life private.
Giving a warning in the matter, the IHC Chief Justice said the court shall impose a fine to the petitioner if a similar petition is filed again before the court.