ISLAMABAD- A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court of Pakistan to remove President Dr Arif Alvi from his office.
A citizen, Imtiaz Chaudhry, has filed the petition in the apex court.
In the petition, it is requested that Arif Alvi be declared unfit for the post of the president of Pakistan. The petitioner said the president was not performing his duties according to the Constitution.
According to the petition, President Arif Alvi is violating his oath by working on the directions of one political party. He pleaded with the court to immediately remove Alvi from the top office.
Back in March this year, a similar disqualification plea was filed against Arif Alvi which was turned down by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
A two-member bench headed by Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan heard the petition filed by a citizen, Zahoor Mehndi, under Article 62 1(F) of the Constitution.
The petitioner raised six objections to his candidature, and one of them was that at the time of the presidential election, he (Alvi) was an under-trial accused and was not eligible for the presidency.
According to Mehdi, he also submitted his nomination papers to contest the election of president but his papers were rejected as he had no proposer and seconder.
The petitioner had said that the country was in crisis due to the appointment of an unqualified person as president and the political parties were at odds with each other.
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