ISLAMABAD – Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Qazi Faiz Isa, thursday said that the Court wants clarity for the Returning Officers who are scrutinising nomination papers that whether the disqualification under Article 62(1) (f) is for lifetime or for five years as provided in Section 232 of the Election Act.
A seven-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice and comprising Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Aminud- Din Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Musarrat Hilal conducted hearing of the petitions regarding discrepancy between the Supreme Court judgment on lifetime disqualification under Article 62(1) (f) of the constitution and the amendment made in Election Act, 2017. The proceeding was live broadcast on the Supreme Court’s website.
