ISLAMABAD: Election Commission (EC) has adjourned till May 8 hearing of case pertaining to filing fake affidavit by speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayyaz Sadiq against PTI leader Aleem Khan.
The EC has also issued notices to Hamza Shahbaz son of chief minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif and other members of assembly for violating electoral code of conduct.
A 4-member bench of EC presided over by member Sindh Abdul Ghaffar Soomro took up for hearing fake affidavit case Wednesday.
Counsel for Aleem Khan told the commission that intra court appeal has been filed in Lahore High Court (LHC) and its hearing will take place on April 02. This case should not be decided before LHC decision.
He further said that copy of reply filed by Sardar Ayyaz Sadiq speaker National Assembly (NA) has not been provided to them.
The commission while directing to provide copy of reply to counsel for Aleem Khan adjourned the hearing of the case till May 08.
Counsel for PML-N MPA Sultan Haider appeared before the commission in the case pertaining to violation of electoral code of conduct in Punjab assembly constituency PP-20 Chakwal.
He took the plea Hamza Shahbaz had come to inaugurate a marriage hall adjacent to constituency. This marriage hall is located in the area of Mureed. Imran Khan addressed a public meeting of millions of people but it could not be seen by monitoring team. On the other hand inauguration of marriage hall was seen.
Counsel for rival candidate took the plea that the area wherein the marriage hall is located is part of PP-20 “ I had filed application with DRO that this marriage hall is situated in PP-20 and as a result of it fine was imposed on PML-N MPA Sultan Haider but he did not pay fine.
Member PK of EC inquired if they paid the fine amount within 3 days.
The counsel for MPA Sultan Haider said they had challenged the fine.
The EC accepted Sultan Haider appeal against imposition of fine.
The EC while issuing notices to Hamza Shahbaz, Tahir Iqbal, Sardar Zulfiqar and Chaudhry Khurshid Beg for violating electoral code of conduct adjourned the hearing of the case till April 19.
