LAHORE: The Lahore High Court registrar office on Tuesday withdrew its objection earlier put on a petition seeking the cancellation of MQM’s registration and fixed it for hearing before the chief justice.

Advocate Aftab Virk re-filed the petition after meeting some requirements pointed out by the office.

The lawyer in his petition stated that a political party registered in Pakistan had to be loyal to the country. However, he said, recent statements of MQM chief Altaf Husain established that the party was not faithful to Pakistan. He prayed to the court to order the Election Commission of Pakistan to cancel the registration of the MQM as a political party. The chief justice would take up the petition on September 1.

Advocate Virk is the lawyer on whose petition, the LHC had ordered a complete media blackout of Husain’s speeches and all other activities.

Published in Dawn, August 31st, 2016

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