LAHORE, Pakistan: A petition was filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday, seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif under article 62 and 63 of the constitution for speaking lies on floor of the National Assembly.
The petition was filed by the Insaf lawyers forum, asking the high court to issue the notification to the Election Commission of Pakistan for the disqualification of Nawaz Sharif being a lawmaker from NA-120.
On Friday, Nawaz Sharif said while speaking on the floor of the lower house of the parliament that on the request of both Imran Khan and Dr Tahirul Qadri, the Chief of Army Chief General Raheel Sharif asked him to permit meeting with them.
However, later in a message posted on Twitter, the Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said, “[The] COAS was asked by the Govt to play [a] facilitative role for resolution of current impasse, in yesterday’s meeting, at #PM House.”
