Previously, the court had issued notices to secretary Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), secretary National Assembly, speaker National Assembly and MNA Noorul Hassan Tanveer in a petition seeking disqualification of Noorul Hassan for allegedly holding Iqama.
The IHC bench issued the notices in the petition filed by former federal minister Ijazul Haq, son of former president Ziaul Haq, regarding disqualification of the PML-N lawmaker Noorul Hassan. Ijaz's counsel informed the court that validity of the work permit possessed by Noorul Hassan Tanvir was not expired at the time of filing nomination papers for 2018 general elections while details of his bank accounts in United Arab Emirates (UAE) were also not enclosed. The petitioner requested the court to declare Tanvir disqualified under the Article 62(1) (f) over concealing his foreign assets.
In his petition, Haq sought disqualification of his political opponent who won the NA-169 Bahawalnagar seat in the July 2018 elections after bagging 91,763 votes against 72,461 votes of Haq.