ISLAMABAD: According to The News on Saturday, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has assembled a bench to consider disqualification proceedings against Imran Khan, the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), for failing to mention his purported daughter Tyrian White in the nomination papers submitted to run in the 2018 general elections.
On May 21, the matter will be heard by the bench, which consists of Justices Saman Rafat Imtiaz, Arbab Mohammad Tahir, and Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri.
IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq dissolved the case following a three-member bench hearing, and it has been pending since May 2023. Following the posting of two judges’ comments about the maintainability of the plea on the court website, a ruling was made.
The ruling in the case was reserved by the bench, which included Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir, and IHC CJ Aamer Farooq, on March 30 of last year. On the other hand, Justices Kayani and Tahir posted their opinions—which were later deleted—on the IHC official website, arguing that the petition was not maintainable.
The high court clarified that the view of two justices could not be proclaimed the bench ruling and uploaded to the court website without the signatures of Justice Farooq, the leader of the bench.
IHC CJ Justice Aamer Farooq has resigned from the bench, and the IHC has now appointed a new bench. Despite having previously pronounced the petition non-maintainable, Justice Tahir will be joining the new bench.
