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ISLAMABAD – The federal government Tuesday requested the apex court to withdraw its order suspending the Senate membership of PML-N leader Ishaq Dar in May 2018.
In this regard, an application was submitted through Deputy Attorney General Nayab Gardezi stating that in the wake of promulgation of the Elections (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 2021, the issue before the court has acquired an altogether different legal dimension.
It said that the Supreme Court on March 12, 2018, issued notices to Ishaq Dar to appear in person. On May 08, 2018, the apex court was informed that Ishaq Dar cannot come to Pakistan on account of ailment. In view of that the Court suspended the notification regarding the election of Ishaq Dar.
The petition said that Ishaq Dar is a proclaimed offender/absconder and despite the apex court directions, he has not returned to Pakistan since 2018. It added that on September 03, 2021, the president promulgated the Election (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 wherein 72A was inserted in the Election Act, 2017, which says; “The seat of a returned candidate shall become vacant, if he wilfully does not make oath within sixty days from the date of the first sitting of the Assembly, the Senate or the local government or within forty days of the commencement of the Election (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 2021.”