The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday reserved its judgement in the case seeking PTI Leader Faisal Vawda’s disqualification. Prior to this development, Vawda resigned from his National Assembly seat. A single bench of IHC comprising Justice Aamer Farooq was hearing the petition moved by Barrister Jahangir Jadoon against the federal minister. During the hearing of the disqualification case against him, Vawda's counsel argued that the case against him in the court now stands ineffective following his resignation. However, Jadoon objected to the argument and stated that in the past, several members of the assembly resigned from their seats and rejoined the parliament. He added that unless the National Assembly speaker accepts the resignation, a person remains a member of the assembly. “Faisal Vawda submitted a fake oath regarding his dual nationality and, therefore, he has neither remained Sadiq nor Ameen,” he remarked. The barrister quoted the Supreme Court as saying that such a person cannot be a member of the parliament. “It is clear from the record of Election Commission that Vawda was a US national until the acceptance of his nomination papers.” He added that the scrutiny was completed on June 18 while the PTI leader surrendered his dual nationality on June 25. On February 23, a tribunal of the Sindh High Court (SHC) declared Vawda eligible to participate in the Senate polls. This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly
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