SHC accepts petition challenging Alvi's presidency
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The Sindh High Court on Monday accepted a petition challenging Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Arif Alvi's presidency.
The petitioner, Azmat Rehan, alleged that President Alvi had "tampered with court records" and was ineligible to hold the office of Head of State.
According to Rehan, Alvi had thrice changed his statement in court during hearings of a 1977 case against him pertaining to the Alvia Trust, which he claimed Alvi was a co-trustee of.
The petition also claimed that the PTI leader had submitted incorrect documents in court, due to which he acquired ownership of 1,810 acres of land near Hawkes Bay beach. It said that the current chief justice of the Sindh High Court had also issued an order against Alvi earlier.
It contended that a person who has "tampered with court records cannot become the country's president".
The court issued notices to the respondents, including the Election Commission of Pakistan and the federal government. The respondents have been ordered to submit their replies by Jan 1.
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Dec 24, 2018 01:56pm
president has ammunity as AZ had before.. so accepting this petition is wrong move.. it will be in Alvi's favour anyways because of immunity !!
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Dec 24, 2018 02:07pm
Did the petitioner have a nod from the establishment?
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Dec 24, 2018 02:25pm
Would you find a single politician in Pakistan, who has a clean past ? Imran Khan is surrounded with corrupt people.
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Dec 24, 2018 02:37pm
False accusations against Alvi. He is most pious and honest person in Pakistan.He hardly own the house how can he have so much land in Karachi.
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Dec 24, 2018 02:46pm
That means, every person in this country was a crook at a stage in life and nobody can rise to any position of value without adopting illegal means.
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Dec 24, 2018 02:54pm
I thought Presidents have the immunity.
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Dec 24, 2018 04:11pm
Where was the petitioner when Zadari was in power.
Please Alavi Saheb give a public statement on this issue.
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Dec 24, 2018 04:58pm
How were the documents tempered?
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Dec 24, 2018 05:17pm
The court can accept the case but it has to be stayed until 2023. However, I don’t understand what the Election Commission has to do with this matter and how the federal government becomes a relevant party.
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Dec 24, 2018 05:38pm
Why the waited so long.
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Dec 24, 2018 07:06pm
Does president has immunity to temper the documents and commit forgery ? I ask for my knowledge.
When the then CJ Iftikhar Choudhry had made contempt of court case against the then PM, Mr. Yousif Raza Gillani, when he had not written a letter to Swiss Authorities against the then president of Pakistan Mr. Asif Ali Zaradari.
Further, is there any immunity to president in corrupt practices during his office tenure? Is this mandatory that the president of pakistan be Sadiq and Amin?
I need to know this for my knowledge.
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Dec 24, 2018 07:09pm
If true. I am astonished what state institution do. People contesting must be 100 percent eligible. Atleast within pakistan they must get clean chit before contesting. State must devise mechanism to sort this for all.
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Dec 24, 2018 09:33pm
All goes in air
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Dec 24, 2018 10:02pm
Thief is a thief even if he is in Tarik-e-Insaaf. But it looks like justice will not be served as these people are blesses at least for now
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Dec 24, 2018 10:05pm
No AZ did not had immunity and court had to send a PM home for not sending a letter. So Alvi Sahib should have a moral courage to step down as he cheated.
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Dec 24, 2018 10:38pm
Does he own 1,800 acres of land? If yes, then he owes an explanation to the public. Sooner the better
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Dec 24, 2018 11:00pm
This petition is late, outdated. The petitioner should file this to ECP before election. And now due to President immunity it will not work.
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Dec 24, 2018 11:40pm
The leaders are from this nation, so how can they be different.
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Dec 25, 2018 12:55am
Accepting case against president who have immunity is malafied intent.
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Dec 25, 2018 01:34am
@Sheryaar. We should not allow immunity to anyone. All should be equal before the law. The constitution should be changed. Everybody should be accountable.
CJP has done great work. Let us hope he shows the nation a way to catch the thieves.
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Dec 25, 2018 02:42am
@sheryaar,
this is PPP's revenge
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Dec 25, 2018 03:11am
Let Imran Khan and his party, the pious PTI answers all these illegality that the president has been doing. The government in Pakistan has become a joke.
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Dec 25, 2018 03:16am
Either Alvi should snswer these allegations in great detail or he must resign.
He has brought ridicule to our country.
The whole of South Asia and all Asia itself must be laughing at our country being run like a circus.
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Dec 25, 2018 03:19am
The Thugs of PTI .. are just as bad as thugs from other parties.
Ban them also, for life.
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Dec 25, 2018 03:24am
PML and PPP will be doing such things as a revenge. It must be ignored, or the president should use immunity. It is more a mischief than a case.
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Dec 25, 2018 03:44am
This matter of possible corruption by President and suborning of Justice must be cleared up within one month. Otherwise our constitution is at risk.
PTI. And Imran Khan you have been warned and put on notice .
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Dec 25, 2018 05:38am
@Tahir Raouf, Indian in disguise?
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Dec 25, 2018 10:33am
@Ejsz, nothing has been proved & you have already decided to call him corrupt.
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Dec 25, 2018 09:00pm
The president does Not have immunity in such cases and should be pursued with the full face of the law and Justice. The honorable CJP should push such cases “suo moto” .. to its natural conclusion.
I am PML member, but the law is clear and blind and ruthless for all violators.
Pakistan zindabad.
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