The Sindh High Court on Monday observed that any interpretation of the Article 270AA of the constitution that allowed a former judge of the high court receiving the pensionary benefits for holding.
The Sindh High Court’s appellate bench on Friday suspended an order of a single bench of the high court with regard to the right of a retired high court judge to appear as a counsel before.
Appellate tribunal rejects nomination papers of PTI candidate for Senate technocrat seat
Karachi
February 23, 2021
The Senate appellate tribunal at the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday rejected the nomination papers of a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) candidate for the technocrat seats of the Senate from Sindh, observing that the candidate did not qualify to contest the Senate elections on a technocrat seat.
Appellant Ghulam Mustafa Memon had challenged the acceptance of nomination papers filed by PTI candidate Saifullah Abro for a technocrat seat. The counsel for the appellant, Rasheed A Razvi, submitted that the impugned order by the returning officer (RO) was untenable and liable to be set aside. He said that the respondent did not qualify within the statutory definition of technocrat and the only achievement of the respondent placed before the RO was a certificate issued to a firm for the completion of some projects and the same could not be considered as a national or