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| 2018 SLG 2359 2018 SLD 2359 2018 PLJ 557 |
Civil Appeal No. 233/2015, Civil Misc. Appeal No. 175/2017 in Const. Petition No. Nil of 2017, Civil Misc. Application No. 1535/2013 in Civil Appeal No. 191-L/2010, Civil Misc. Application No. 1536/2013 in Civil Appeal No. 409/2010, Civil Misc. Application No. 3470/2013, Civil Review Petitions No. 81/2013, 86/2013, 87/2013, 206/2011, 218/2013 in Civil Petitions No. 492, 493/2013, 494/2013, 1485/2011 and 1033/2013, Civil Review Petition No. 223/2013 in Civil Misc. Application No. 3470/2013 in Civ
MIAN SAQIB NISAR, HCJ SH. AZMAT SAEED, JUSTICE UMAR ATA BANDIAL, JUSTICE IJAZ-UL-AHSAN, JUSTICE SAJJAD ALI SHAH, JUSTICE
Dr. Babar Awan, Sr. ASC and Ch. Akhtar Ali, AOR Assisted by Mr. Shahid Naseem Gondal, Advocate for Appellant(s) (in C.A. No. 233/2015). Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gillani, Sr. ASC and Mr. Mehr Khan Malik, AOR for Petitioner(s) (in C.R.P. No. 206/2011). Mr. Wasim Sajjad, Sr. ASC for Petitioner(s) (in C.R.P. No. 218/2013). Mian Muhammad Hanif, ASC and Raja Abdul Ghafoor, AOR for Appellant(s) (For HEC in C.M.As. No. 1535 & 1536/2013) Mr. Ahmed Raza, ASC for Appellant(s) (in C.M.A. No. 3470/2013). Mr. Tariq Mehmood, Sr. ASC for Appellant(s) (in C.R.Ps. No. 81, 86, 87, 233/2013, 38/2014 & C.P.770/2013). Mr. Shehzad Shaukat, ASC for Petitioner (in C.P. No. 2620-L/2016). Mr. Kamran Murtaza, Sr. ASC and Syed Rifaqat Hussain Shah, AOR for Petitioner(s) (in C.P. No. 668/2014). Sardar Muhammad Aslam, ASC and Ch. Akhtar Ali, AOR for Appellant(s) (in C.A. No. 476/2014). Mr. Mehr Tanvir Ahmed Jangla, ASC for Appellant(s) (in C.A. No. 689/2014). Sardar Muhammad Aslam, ASC and Mr. Zubair Khalid, ASC for Appellant(s) (in C.A. No. 204-L/2016). Malik Muhammad Qayyum, Sr. ASC for Appellant(s) (in C.M.A. No. 175 of 2017) Mr. Mehr Tanvir Ahmed Jangla, ASC for
Respondent (in C.A. No. 476/2014). Mr. Nazir Ahmed Bhutta, ASC for
Respondent(s) (in C.A. No. 204-L/2016) Mr. Umer Aslam, ASC for
Respondent(s) (in C.P. No. 2620-L/2016) Mr. Sattar Sardar, Election Officer, Rajanpur for
Respondent(s) (in C.P. No. 2620-L/2016) Syed Haziq Ali Shah, ASC for
Respondent (in C.R.P. No. 38/2014). Mr. Salman Akram Raja, ASC Assisted by: Mr. M. Asad Lada, Advocate for
Respondent (in CMA No. 4275/2013). Mr. Munir A. Malik, Sr. ASC, Syed Ali Zafar, ASC Assisted by: Mr. Zahid Nawaz Cheema, ASC Amicus Curiae. Mr. Ashtar Ausaf Ali, Attorney General for Pakistan On Courts notice. Nemo for
Respondent (On behalf of Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif) Mrs. Asma Jehangir, Sr. ASC Assisted by Ms. Noor Ejaz, Ms. Ayesha Malik, Mr. Usama Malik, Mr. Arsalan Khalid, Advocates On Courts notice (On behalf of Rai Hassan Nawaz, Ex-MNA). Mr. Sikandar Bashir Mohmand, ASC Assisted by Mr. Zulqarnain, Advocate. On Courts notice (On behalf of Mr. Jehangir Khan Tareen). Mr. M. Arshad, D.G. (Law) For ECP
SAMI ULLAH BALOCH & OTHERS
VS
ABDUL KARIM NOUSHERWANI & OTHERS
Law:
Section:
Constitution of Pakistan, 1973-- ----Art. 62(1)(f)--Effect of--Incapacity of a candidate for election to be a seat in parliament--Eligibility--Question of--Whether incapacity imposed by Article 62(1)(f) of constitution upon a person interested to contest an election--Qualification for Membership--Such strengths can never be equaled by ordinary mortals for whom these are goals to strive for and more importantly not to consciously violate--A candidate for election who has committed misconduct falling within terms of Article 62(1)(f) of Constitution, in particular, misrepresentation, dishonesty, breach of trust, fraud, cheating, lack of fiduciary duty, conflict of interest, deception, dishonest misappropriation, etc. as declared by a Court of civil jurisdiction has on Islamic and also universal criteria of honesty, integrity and probity, rendered himself unfit to hold public office--A person declared to be dishonest or in breach of his trust or fiduciary duty or being non-righteous or profligate must suffer burden of that finding of incapacity for as long as Court decree remains in force--Considering that Constitution does not fix period of incapacitation of such a debtor shows a clear intention that lack of qualification under Article 62(1)(f) of Constitution should extend so long as declaration of law envisaged in Article 62(1)(f) remains in field--Incapacity created for failing to meet qualifications under Article 62(1)(f) of Constitution imposes a permanent bar which remains in effect so long as declaratory supporting conclusion of one of delinquent kinds of conduct under Article 62(1)(f) of Constitution remains in effect. Constitution of Pakistan, 1973-- ----Arts. 17(2) & 62(1)(f)--Political rights--Restrictions imposed by statutory law--Condition imposed upon a candidate to contest election--Stature of qualifying limitations under Article 62(1)(f) of Constitution occupy an insular and superior pedigree than statutory limitations--This is because test under Article 17(2) of Constitution applies to statutory but not to constitutional restrictions--Under Article 62(1)(f) of Constitution, judicial declaration by a Court of civil jurisdiction against a…
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