SC abolishes lifetime disqualification under Article 62

ISLAMABAD, Jan 8 (APP): The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday nullified the lifetime disqualification of parliamentarians under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution with a majority of 6-1. Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa pronounced the order which was reserved by a seven-member larger bench on January 5, after hearing arguments from all respondents.

The court said that the decision of 2018 for lifetime disqualification ā€˜is withdrawn. Hence, the disqualification of the politicians wouldn’t be for the lifetimeā€. Justice Yahya Afridi, however, gave the dissenting note in the judgment.

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