A three-member special bench headed by Justice Athar
Minallah announced the verdict
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has announced the verdict on Khawaja Asif disqualification case today.
Foreign Minister Khawaja
Asif has been disqualified, according to the verdict. He is ineligible for
the National Assembly seat and has to let go of the office of Foreign Minister.
Asif is not ‘Saadiq’ and ‘Ameen’ as per Article 62-1(f) of the constitution.
According
to media reports, a three-member special bench headed by Justice
Athar Minallah announced the verdict on the case at 2pm.
The verdict to be announced was
reserved on April 10.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)
leader Usman Dar had filed a petition in IHC against Asif’s
disqualification. The foreign minister was accused of being an employee to a
foreign firm and holding UAE Iqama.
The PTI leader addressed a
press conference as soon as the verdict was announced and congratulated Imran
Khan and the party for their victory.
Earlier, the Supreme Court had
disqualified for life former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and PTIleader
Jehangir Siddique under Article 62-1(f).
M. Imran Sharif born in Hyderabad Sindh, he initially worked as a photographer with Pakistani newspaper and currently working as a special correspondent in The Financial Daily since August 2007, He began his journalistic career with Daily Imroz as a photographer.
2 years after serving in Imroz, he served as Special Correspondent of the monthly "Awami Awaz" Hyderabad.
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