LHC disposes of petition

The Lahore High Court on Wednesday disposed of a petition seeking disqualification of MPA Masroor Nawaz Jhangvi, son of founder of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, and directed Election Tribunal to revisit the representation against him. An election tribunal had earlier dismissed the representation challenging eligibility of Masroor Nawaz to be Member of the Provincial Assembly.
Jhangi was elected as Member of Punjab Assembly from PP-78, Jhang, in by-polls held in December 2016. Muzaffar Abbas, a voter from PP-78, had moved the petition against the MPA, submitting that he was not eligible to be a member of the legislative assembly as he was booked in 17 different cases.