PTI moves SC to seek Asif Zardari’s disqualification under 62(1)(f)

ISLAMABAD (92 News) – PTI leaders Usman Dar and Khurram Sher Zaman have filed separate petitions against former president Asif Zardari to seek his disqualification under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution. The petitions will seek the disqualification of former president forever. According to the petitions, Asif Zardari had concealed assets worth billions of rupees. It also includes the detail of the apartment worth US$ 530,000 in Hatton Upper East, New York. The petitions also shows ownership of a parking lot in the posh area of New York. The property is worth millions of rupees, which has been disclosed so far. The petitioner has attached the tax receipts of the apartment till January 1, 2019. Earlier, PTI leader Sher Zaman Khan had filed a petition in the Election Commission of Pakistan. It stated that Asif Zardari had not mentioned his flat in the US in his assets. “After concealing the assets, Asif Zardari has not remained ‘Sadiq’ and ‘Amin’,” it said. The application was earlier addressed to the Election Commissioner. After the change, the reference was written to the Sindh Election Commission secretary. The application contained proofs of Asif Zardari’s ownership of a flat in the US.