ISLAMABAD: A journalist has filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC), seeking disqualification of Federal Minister for Finance Senator Ishaq Dar under Article 199 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
Petitioner Farrukh Nawaz Bhatti, a journalist sought disqualification of the Finance Minister through a writ of quo warranto under Article 199 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
The petitioner has made the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) through Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of Pakistan, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General, NAB Chairman and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar as respondents in the petition.
He cited an affidavit submitted by Dar to an Accountability Court (AC) whereby he had confessed having committed money laundering and other financial irregularity. He pointed out that money laundering was amounted to conflict of interest as such person could not be entrusted functions like Finance Minister.
He requested the court to set aside the election notifications of Ishaq Dar as member of Senate and his appointment as the federal minister. He claimed that Dar did not qualify for Senate membership and as the federal minister under Article 62 of the Constitution.
He requested the court to direct the ECP to issue disqualification notification of Ishaq Dar as he was not eligible under Article 62 of the Constitution to hold any office. The petitioner pleaded that the directives be issued to the FIA DG to initiate proceedings against Dar about his confession regarding money laundering under the relevant laws.
