Former home minister Sindh files a constitutional petition in SHC

Sindh former interior minister Zulfiqar Mirza and his wife Fehmidah Mirza have filed a constitutional application against the decision of the Appellate Tribunal in the Sindh High Court (SHC).

On behalf of Zulfiqar Mirza and Fehmida Mirza, their son Hasnain Mirza filed the petitions, in which it is stated that the returning officer (RO) had rejected the nomination paper, and the Election Tribunal also upheld the decision of the RO.

The petitioner took the stand that Zulfiqar Mirza and Fehmida Mirza have been declared ineligible for the general election, citing bank default.

In the petition, it is further said that Zulfiqar Mirza and Fehmida Mirza submitted nomination papers from NA-223, and Zulfiqar Mirza also submitted nomination papers from PS-70, PS-71, and PS-72.

Earlier, Former Sindh Home Minister and leader of Grand Democratic Alliance won acquittal in another case registered against him on charges of attempted murder, rioting, ransacking and causing terror in his home district Badin back in 2015.

The Anti-Terrorism Court-I (ATC-I) of Karachi also acquitted 26 comrades of Mirza who were booked for the same offences.

The same court had earlier in April this year acquitted Miza in an identical case registered against him and his companion for allegedly storming a police station in Badin when it refused to lodge a complaint against former President Asif Zardari, his sister Faryal Talpur and others.

Mirza was expelled from the central executive committee of Pakistan Peoples Party in 2015 after he levelled charges of corruption against co-chairperson of the party.

The ATC-I had announced its verdict on acquittal applications filed under section 265-K of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) in presence of Mirza and other applicants who were earlier set free on bail.