ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PT) Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday moved the Islamabad High Court against a reference under process in the Election Commission of Pakistan.
The petition
, which was moved through Dr Babar Awan, contended that the ECP could not hear the reference against Kaptaan due to time bar.
The petition stated that the ECP was bound to decide any reference within 90 days in accordance of the constitution.
The National Assembly s
peaker had moved the reference on September 4 last year and three
months had completed on December 4, 2016.
It also stated that the commission could not hear t
he case until an amendment could be introduced in the constitution in this regard.
The petition requested the court to is
sue stay-order against the ECP proceedings against the skipper.
The ECP and Law Ministry secretaries, the National Assembly s
peaker and Cabinet Secretariat had been made respondents in t
he case.
The NA s
peaker had forwarded a reference to the ECP seeking Kaptaan’s disqualification.
The reference stated that Imran Khan had made “misstatements” about his Bani Gala property.
The s
peaker noted that the skipper had declared that he had received the property as a gift, whereas he had actually bought it from his ex-wife Jemima Goldsmith.
In a tit-for-tat response to the opposition’s references against the prime minister, a few Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz members had filed references against Imran and Jehangir Khan Tareen with the s
peaker. The s
peaker rejected references against the premier, but forwarded those against the two PTI leaders to the ECP.
