ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday constituted a division bench to hear a petition seeking Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan’s disqualification under Article 62 of the Constitution.

The bench will be headed by Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui and will also comprise Justice Athar Minallah.

Justice Siddiqui had earlier heard the case and issued a notice to the PTI chief, summoning him on Aug 1, but the bench was changed and Justice Miangul Hasan Aurangzeb was made part of this bench. On Aug 2, Justice Amir Farooq and Justice Aurangzeb had to hear the case but the judges recused themselves from hearing the case and ultimately the bench was dissolved.

On June 12, a member of Justice and Democratic Party Abdul Wahab Baloch had filed a petition against Mr Khan’s nomination papers, which he had submitted from the NA-243 (Karachi-East II) constituency, over the Sita White case.

The petitioner stated Mr Khan used wrong information in his documents as he did not mention Tyrian White as his daughter. He argued that Mr Khan was not Sadiq and Ameen and should be disqualified under Article 62 of the Constitution.

Published in Dawn, August 16th, 2018