ISLAMABAD: On Tuesday, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) denied the petition that sought Imran Khan, the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), to be disqualified from the Tyrian White case.
The case against Khan for failing to reveal his purported daughter in his nomination papers to run in the 2018 general elections was taken up by a fresh IHC bench today.
The case was heard by a court that of Justices Saman Rafat Imtiaz, Arbab Mohammad Tahir, and Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri.
IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq dissolved the case in May 2023, following a three-member bench hearing. The matter has been pending since then. 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.
