Peshawar: The court has suspended the Election Commission’s notice sent to Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur.
A 2-member bench consisting of Justice SM Atiq Shah and Justice Shakeel Ahmed of Peshawar High Court heard the petition of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Gandapur against the notice of the Election Commission, in which Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur’s lawyer Syed Sikander Hayat Shah and Malik Sami. Allah Advocate appeared.
The lawyer told the court that the Election Commission has issued a notice to Ali Amin Gandapur and directed him to appear today. The Election Commission has issued a notice to clarify the 2022/23 returns. They are asking for clarification of previous years’ statements, they are not authorized to do so.
The lawyer argued that in the return of 2024, he has given the details of the assets. The Returning Officer at the time of scrutiny of the nomination papers scrutinized the assets carefully. All these things are available on the Election Commission website.
Later, the court suspended the notice of the Election Commission and issued a notice to the Election Commission and asked for a response on the next hearing on May 22.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission rejected the petition filed for the disqualification of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur.
Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Gandapur’s disqualification request on the issue of misrepresentation in the annual returns was heard by a 5-member commission headed by the Chief Election Commissioner, including DG Political Finance Masood Akhtar and Ali Amin Gandapur’s lawyer in the Election Commission. Appeared.
During the hearing, petitioner Kafeel Ahmed withdrew the disqualification petition of Ali Amin Gandapur, on which the Election Commission dismissed the petition on the basis of withdrawal.
Ali Amin Gandapur’s lawyer told the Election Commission that the Peshawar High Court has suspended the Election Commission’s automatic notice, upon which Member Election Commission Ikramullah Khan inquired whether the Peshawar High Court has stopped the Election Commission from making a final decision. , on which the lawyer said that the Peshawar High Court has also stopped the Election Commission from taking action.
Later, the Election Commission postponed the hearing of the case against Ali Amin Gandapur for an indefinite period.
