A Pakistani court docket on Thursday dismissed a petition of Opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) looking for disqualification of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his Cabinet for “misuse of power”.
The petition was filed by PTI’s senior chief Andleeb Abbas and ousted premier Imran Khan’s nephew Advocate Hassaan Niazi within the Lahore High Court. The petitioners alleged that Prime Minister Shehbaz “misused” his powers and violated the Constitution by permitting his son Suleman Shehbaz and nephew Hussain Nawaz — each proclaimed offenders — to fulfill the Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman (MBS) throughout an official go to’.
“Besides, Shehbaz took his Cabinet members to London to meet proclaimed offenders — former prime minister and PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif and former finance minister Ishaq Dar — which is against the law of the land,” the petitioners argued by means of their counsel within the LHC.
They stated that prime minister and his Cabinet members violated the Official Secret Act 1923, subsequently, it’s requested to the court docket to disqualify them and direct the police to provoke legal proceedings in opposition to Shehbaz and his Cabinet members.
During the listening to, Justice Shahid Waheed requested the counsel of the petitioners beneath what regulation the respondents may very well be disqualified.
At this the counsel couldn’t provide you with a solution slightly sought time to organize his arguments. However, Justice Shahid Waheed dismissed the petition.
