ISLAMABAD: A disqualification petition has been prepared against Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman under Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution, alleging discrepancies in the bank account details submitted in his nomination affidavits for the NA-265 Pishin constituency.
Disqualification Petition Prepared Against Fazlur Rehman
According to the contents of the petition, discrepancies emerged in two separate forms submitted by Fazlur Rehman on December 22, 2023. The petition requests both the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the Speaker of the National Assembly to take formal notice of the matter and initiate legal proceedings.
Form A lists an Allied Bank account bearing number 0010021702280025, maintained at the Parliament House branch. However, Form B, filed on the exact same date, omits this account number and instead declares a different Allied Bank account bearing number 07560120001395, raising questions about the discrepancy between the two financial declarations.
Grounds for Legal Action The petitioner contends that the inconsistency in declared bank accounts across the two filings is a matter of significant legal consequence that requires formal clarification. The petition argues that if financial details and asset declarations were deliberately concealed in official electoral documents, the matter warrants strict constitutional and legal scrutiny.
The core question raised in the filing centers on why two different account numbers were recorded on the same date—specifically, whether the accounts serve distinct purposes or if one account was intentionally withheld from a specific declaration.
Concluding the plea, the petitioner has urged the ECP and the National Assembly Speaker to conduct a comparative audit of the submitted forms to establish the facts, and to proceed with disqualification proceedings under Articles 62 and 63 should a legal violation be proven.
