Judge sends plea seeking Imran's removal as party chief to LHC CJ

LAHORE: Justice Muzamil Akhtar Shabir of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday referred a petition, seeking removal of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan as party's chairman, to the LHC chief justice to fix the matter before another bench for hearing.

The judge argued that Justice Sajid Mehmood Sethi had already heard an identical petition and therefore, it would be appropriate to fix the petition before him.

The petitioner, Muhammad Junaid, had submitted that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had disqualified Imran Khan in Toshakhana case and he had no legal standing to continue as PTI chairman. He submitted that he approached the ECP for removal of Imran Khan as the party chairman but to no avail. He requested the court to issue directives for removing Imran Khan from the office of PTI chairman.