The Supreme Court bench hearing cases pertaining to Sharif brothers' eligibility to contest the elections would resume the hearing of an application for constituting a larger bench, here today (Monday). A three-member bench of the apex court comprising Justice Moosa K Leghari, Justice Sakhi Hussain Bokhari and Justice Sheikh Hakim Ali, is hearing the case.
The bench had taken the appeal of the Federation against the verdict of Lahore High Court (LHC) which disqualified Nawaz Sharif to contest the election and had kept its decision pending against candidature of Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif till decision of the election tribunal.
Mehr Zafar Iqbal and Shakil Beg the proposer and seconder of Nawaz Sharif through an application had requested the Supreme Court judges hearing the candidature of Sharif brothers to withdraw themselves from the proceedings and instead refer the matter to the chief justice to constitute a different bench comprising pre-emergency judges to do complete justice.
So far Akram Shaikh and Abdullah Khan Dogar counsels for proposer and seconder to PML-N leaders' candidature to NA-123 Lahore have argued for the constitution of a larger bench.
Ahmed Raza Kasuri, counsel for Syed Khurram Shah, petitioner before the Lahore High Court on whose plea Sharif brothers were declared as disqualified, opposed the constitution of larger bench saying it was an attempt to bifurcate judiciary into two factions-PCO and non-PCO judges.
He had argued before the court that Sharifs were defaulters and convicted, therefore, were not eligible to contest the elections. Advocate General Punjab, Khawaja Haris would resume arguments against decision of LHC which had disqualified Nawaz Shairf and referred the candidature to the election commission.
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