Islamabad: Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa remarked in the case related to life-long disqualification that if Quaid-e-Azam had the stated qualifications for the election, he would also have been disqualified.
According to the details, a case related to lifelong disqualification under Article 62 One F was heard in the Supreme Court.
The larger bench includes Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Aminuddin Khan, Justice Jamal Mandukhel, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Musrat Hilali.
Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa remarked that if Quaid-e-Azam had been qualified for the election, he would have been disqualified. No Muslim can imagine the words of Sadiq and Amin to speak for themselves.
The Chief Justice said that if I submit the nomination papers and someone says that it is not of good character, then I will not challenge it.
Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa said that judges who are human beings will decide about good character. These clauses are not present in the original constitution.
On which lawyer Makhdoom Ali Khan said that these clauses were inserted in the Nineteenth Amendment through the Presidential Ordinance, they were not tampered with in the Eighteenth Amendment.
The Chief Justice remarked that these clauses are useless, it is strange how can a person taking oath break the constitution, how can he be a high character, I will rely on the legislation of the elected representatives and not of the dictator.
Earlier, the Attorney General and Advocate General upheld the five-year disqualification as per the amendment to the Election Act. The written order said the court would appoint assistants on the matter, after which the hearing was adjourned till Thursday.
The Chief Justice said that if I submit the nomination papers and someone says that it is not of good character, then I will not challenge it.
Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa said that judges who are human beings will decide about good character. These clauses are not present in the original constitution.
On which lawyer Makhdoom Ali Khan said that these clauses were inserted in the Nineteenth Amendment through the Presidential Ordinance, they were not tampered with in the Eighteenth Amendment.
The Chief Justice remarked that these clauses are useless, it is strange how can a person taking oath break the constitution, how can he be a high character, I will rely on the legislation of the elected representatives and not of the dictator.
Earlier, the Attorney General and Advocate General upheld the five-year disqualification as per the amendment to the Election Act. The written order said that the court would appoint assistants on the matter, after which the hearing was adjourned till Thursday.۔
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