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(surah Al-Imran,ayat-104)
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(ATTOCK "“ 12TH OCTOBER, 2006) The hearing of election petition against Premier Shaukat Aziz, seeking his disqualification from the membership of National Assembly will resume today on Friday 13th October, 2006 at Rawalpindi Bench instead of Lahore by an Election Tribunal headed by Mr. Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain of Lahore High Court.

The rival candidate of Shaukat Aziz, Engineer Jameel Ahmad Malik, and Chairman of the Communist Party of Pakistan has filed this election petition.

On this hearing, the Tribunal is likely to dispose of the application of Shaukat Aziz, which he filed through his counsel Barrister Wasim Sajjad, seeking dismissal of election petition against him on purely hyper technical grounds

Whereas, Engineer Jameel in his written reply to that application of Shaukat Aziz requested the Tribunal to decide the election petition purely on merit basis in the interest of justice.

Engineer Jameel is seeking disqualification of the premier for "illegal and corrupt practices which Aziz committed while contesting the election of the National Assembly from the constituency of NA-59, Attock "“III".

The petitioner is appearing in the court in person while premier Shaukat is being represented by former Senate Chairman Barrister Wasim Sajjad.

It may be recalled that the election petition of Engineer Jameel against Shaukat contains 743 pages and three videocassettes. The petitioner claims that out of 743 pages, 700 relate to documentary proof which comprise of newspaper cutting, advertisements and other related documents which, according to Jameel, proved the corrupt and illegal practices of the premier.

Engineer Jameel in his election petition also claimed that Shaukat Aziz had violated the Articles 62 (f) and 63 (c and d) of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 and sections 42 (4), 49, 78 (5), 82, 83A, 99 (f) (IA c and d) of the Representation of the People Act, 1876 and the rules 3, 4, 7, 10 and 21 of the Code of Conduct for Political Parties for Contesting Candidates of 2002.

Engineer Jameel in his election petition also vehemently stressed and concluded that the total amount of the expenses which was incurred by Shaukat Aziz during the bye-election was Rupees 2,84,00,000/ - where as the premier had shown only Rupees 10,79,138/- in his return of election expenses as submitted by him on 19-8-2004 to the Returning Officer of NA-59.



Engineer Jameel claimed in the instant petition that Shaukat Aziz had concealed an amount of Rupees two crore seventy three lac twenty thousand eight hundred sixty two in his return of election expenses and this sole reason is even sufficient for his disqualification from the membership of the National Assembly as no one can spend more than one million and five hundred thousand rupees u/s 49 of the Representation of the People Act, 1976.



Engineer Jameel in his election petition also maintained that (1) Shaukat Aziz is not an Ameen, sagacious, righteous and an honest person (2) He is an American but concealing his nationality due to fear of disqualification from the National Assembly (3) He did not disclosed his assets correctly and concealed many of its assets in his Nomination Papers (4) 55 Numbers of Hoardings of Aero plane sizes were installed all over in NA-59, Attock "“III but all the expenses incurred on hoardings were concealed in his election return (5) eight to ten numbers of vehicles comprising of car, wagon and rickshaw were hired for transportation of voters from home to polling stations for each polling stations but very less expenses were shown (6) premises of Cadet College, Hasan Abdal was used for political meeting of Shaukat Aziz in contrary to all rules and regulations regarding the sanctity of that prime educational institutions.
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An Election Tribunal headed by Mr. Justice Syed Zahid Hussain of Lahore High Court (LHC) Friday disposed of an application of Premier Shaukat Aziz seeking dismissal of election petition agai
THE NATION, ISLAMABAD Saturday, October 14, 2006

LHC disposes of PM's plea for election petition dismissal

SHAHID RAO



RAWALPINDI - An Election Tribunal headed by Mr. Justice Syed Zahid Hussain of Lahore High Court (LHC) Friday disposed of an application of Premier Shaukat Aziz seeking dismissal of election petition against him on technical grounds.



The oppenent candidate of Premier Shaukat Aziz, Engineer Jameel Ahmad Malik, Chairman of the Communist Party of Pakistan filed this election petition on October 1, 2004 for his disqualification from the membership of National Assembly.



Premier Shaukat Aziz submitted an application before the Election Tribunal seeking dismissal of this election petition against him on technical basis whereas Engineer Jameel in his written reply to that application requested the tribunal to decide the election petition purely on merit basis in the interest of justice.

The petitioner is appearing in the court in person while Premier Shaukat Aziz is being represented by former Senate Chairman Barrister Wasim Sajjad, Barrister Ali Sajjad and advocate Idris Ashraf.

Taking to The Nation, Engineer Jameel said that he is seeking disqualification of the premier for "illegal and corrupt practices which Aziz committed while contesting the election of the National Assembly from the constituency of NA-59, Attock –III."



Engineer Jameel said that in his election petition, he argued that Shaukat Aziz had violated the articles 62 (f) and 63 (c and d) of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 and sections 42 (4), 49, 78 (5), 82, 83A, 99 (f) of the Representation of the People Act, 1976 and the rules 3, 4, 7, 10 and 21 of the Code of Conduct for Political Parties for contesting candidates of 2002.

In his petition, he argued that the total amount of the expenses which was incurred by Shaukat Aziz during the bye-election was Rs. 28400000 where as the Premier had shown only Rs. 1079138 in his return of election expenses as submitted by him on August 19, 2004 to the Returning Officer of NA-59.



He further contended that Shaukat Aziz had concealed an amount of Rs. 27320862 in his return of election expenses and this sole reason is even sufficient for his disqualification from the membership of the National Assembly as no one can spend more than one million and five thousand rupees under section 49 of the Representation of the People Act, 1976.



The petitioner maintained that Shaukat Aziz is not an Ameen, sagacious, righteous and an honest person while he is an American but concealing his nationality due to fear of disqualification from the National Assembly.



After hearing the arguments on both sides, the learned judge disposed of Premier application and ordered the both councils to frame the issues.



Both the councils framed almost 18 issues during the proceedings and later Justice Syed Zahid Hussain adjourned the hearing till November 24, 2006.

 
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