SC fixes hearing of President Arif Alvi’s disqualification plea

• A citizen Zahoor Mehdi Faisal has filed a petition against the President.
• A two-member bench of the SC led by Justice Ijazul Ahsan will hear.
• Petition sought the disqualification of President under Article 62 1 f.

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has fixed the hearing of a disqualification petition filed against President Dr Arif Alvi.

A citizen Zahoor Mehdi Faisal has filed a petition against the President.

A two-member bench of the SC led by Justice Ijazul Ahsan will hear the president’s disqualification petition on March 16.

The petition sought the disqualification of President Dr Arif Alvi under Article 62 1 f.

Earlier, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan disqualified in the Toshakhana disqualification case under Article 63.

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