Islamabad: (Staff Reporter) Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker Faisal Vawda resigned as a senator after he tendered an unconditional apology to the Supreme Court in a case related to his disqualification over dual nationality.
A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Ayesha Malik, was hearing an appeal filed by Vawda against a decision of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), which had upheld the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) verdict for his disqualification over dual nationalities.
Furthermore during today’s hearing, CJP Bandial asked Vawda to admit his mistake and face one-time disqualification, otherwise the top court will initiate proceedings under 62(1)(f) of the Constitution.
Moreover the chief justice remarked that the court has enough material to disqualify Faisal Vawda for life if he did not accept his mistake.
After the former PTI leader admitted his mistake, the top court revoked his lifetime disqualification. It merits mention that ECP had disqualified Faisal Vawda for life over concealing his dual nationality at the time of participating in the National Assembly election on a Karachi seat during 2018 General Elections.
As per details, a three-member bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja announced its reserved verdict, directing the PTI leader to return the salary and other benefits he had received as a member of NA (MNA) within two months.
Meanwhile the commission had also declared the vote which Vawda had cast in the Senate elections on March 10 as MNA “invalid”. Vawda had submitted a false affidavit with his nomination papers, ECP stated.
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