ISLAMABAD: A three-member bench of the Supreme Court will take up for hearing a petition of PML-N leader Ayaz Sadiq wherein he challenged his de-seating from NA-122 in 2015.
On Friday, the Chief Justice Pakistan Justice Umar Ata Bandial constituted a 3-member bench of the apex court, led by him to hear the case on Oct 18, 2022.
In August 2015, an election tribunal cancelled the result of NA-122 election and directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to hold by-election.
Ayaz Sadiq of PML-N was forced to contest the re-election in October that year and he won the by-polls. It was Imran Khan who had approached the tribunal to get Ayaz Sadiq de-seated.
The tribunal had told Sadiq to pay Rs2.3 million as the cost of re-election and the PML-N had challenged the verdict.
Sadiq in his plea said that he did not try to hide behind the stay order.
“I contested the re-polls and got elected,” he said. I only filed the case to prove my innocence, he added.
