SC verdict on lifetime disqualification, Elections Act amendments cannot co-exist: CJP Isa

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on Monday remarked that the Supreme Court’s verdict on lifetime disqualification and the amendments made to the Elections Act, 2017 could not co-exist.

In a landmark verdict in 2018, the apex court had ruled that disqualification handed down under Article 62 (1)(f) of the Constitution was supposed to be “permanent”.

The law, which sets the precondition for a member of parliament to be “sadiq and ameen” (honest and righteous), is the same...