Petition To Disqualify Foreign Minister In Islamabad High Court

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 A petition seeking disqualification of Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif for allegedly hiding his employment with a company in the UAE has been filed in the High Court in Islamabad. 

Mohammad Usman Dar, an activist of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf filed the petition yesterday. 

 Mr Dar sought disqualification of Mr Asif alleging that the foreign minister did not declare details of his employment contract with a UAE-based company and also concealed his salary details. 

The petition claimed that Khawaja Asif had been an employee of Mech and Elec Co LLC (IMECL) since 2011 where he was working as a special adviser.

 However, since he did not declare it in the nomination form while contesting the 2013 general elections from NA-110, he was not qualified to remain a member of the National Assembly. 

 Mr Asif of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz had defeated Mr Dar in the 2013 general elections with a margin of over 21,000 votes. 

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