Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday challenged the Election Reforms Act 2017 in the Supreme Court (SC).

The application — submitted in the SC under the PTI chairman's name — challenges the Act under Article 184/3 of the Constitution.

In the application, Khan alleged that the changes in the Election Reforms Act was brought in order to reinstate Nawaz Sharif as the president of PML-N, after he lost the ability to hold a party position when he was disqualified from his National Assembly seat due to the Panamagate verdict.

He added that the changes in the Election Reforms Act 2017 are against the Constitution as allowing a disqualified member of the NA to hold a position in a political party is against the 2002 Election Ordinance.

"The changes made through Election Reforms Act 2017 are against Article 175 and 204 of the Constitution and thus, clauses 9, 10 and 203 of the act should be declared void by the SC," the application said.

The Election Reforms Act 2017 was turned into a bill by the Senate on September 22.

Before the bill was approved, PPP's Senator Aitzaz Ahsan had presented an amendment which stated that any person ineligible to hold office as an MNA is ineligible to hold the position of head of a political party.

The amendment was rejected as only 37 members of the house voted in favour whereas 38 voted against it.

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