The Lahore High Court (LHC) dismissed a petition filed by the Speaker Punjab Assembly Afzal Sahi praying to the court to reject the election petition filed against him by Chaudhry Liaquat Ali in which he prayed to the august court to direct the respondent election commissioner to hold fresh election in the constituency.
The petitioner contended that election petition filed against him was not maintainable.
He said that affidavits filed by the respondents in his election petition were not proper, hence the petition was liable to be dismissed.
The court, after hearing the petitioner's counsel at length, dismissed the petition and rose for the day to frame charges against him.
Verdict reserved in ex-MCB director's appeal
The Lahore High Court (LHC) reserved its verdict in an appeal filed by Hashim Babar former Director Military Cantonment Board (MCB) against the decision of an accountability court.
The respondent court convicted the applicant, as he was facing charges of misusing his office as director MCB by making fake allotments.
He had also been facing the charges of preparing forged documents for allotting plots to his favourites.