A two-member bench of the Islamabad High Court restored the 10-year disqualification period for the NAB convict.
A single bench of the Islamabad High Court had given a decision of 5 years instead of 10 years of disqualification
ISLAMABAD ( Web News )
The Islamabad High Court has restored the 10-year disqualification period for NAB convicts. The division bench of the Islamabad High Court has suspended the decision of the single bench. Instead of 5 years, a hearing was held on NAB’s application against the eligibility of Faiq Jamali, the ticket holder of the National League convicted in NAB cases. The single bench had given a decision of 5 years instead of 10 years. On which Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Taman Rifat Imtiaz issued a restraining order. The NAB prosecutor said that the period of disqualification of the convicted person will start after he is released from jail. Disqualification was also included, on which Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani said that this is not the question on which you are giving arguments, the punishment is not controversial, can the subsidiary legislation in the constitution be different from the interpretation given in the constitution? The NAB prosecutor further said that there is a general discussion in Article 631H of the Constitution, the NAB Ordinance is a special law, there is a penalty of 10 years of disqualification, in the Khalid Longo case, the Supreme Court upheld the penalty of disqualification. Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani inquired that the disqualification under 63 1H is only for Majlis Shuri, not for Provincial Assembly? So the NAB prosecutor said that yes, the disqualification under 631H is not for the provincial assembly. The court suspended the decision regarding the period of disqualification of Faiq Ali Jamali, a convicted criminal in the NAB reference, the Islamabad High Court suspended the decision of the single bench, Attorney General. Islamabad High Court restored the 10-year disqualification period for the NAB convict, the single bench had given a decision of 5 years instead of 10 years, on which Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Taman Rifat Imtiaz. had issued an injunction. The Islamabad High Court restored the 10-year disqualification period for the NAB convict.
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