Judge refuses to hear pleas

LAHORE - Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rehman of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday refused to hear two petitions seeking disqualification of MNA Mian Javed Latif and MPA Tariq Mehmood Bajwa on the basis of possessing fake BA degrees. The judge sent the petitions to chief justice for their fixation before any other appropriate bench. Justice Iqbal said the petitioners made election commission party in their petitioners so he could not hear them as he was also a member of an election tribunal. Sarfraz Raza filed petition against Javed Latif (PML-N MNA from Sheikhupura) while Abid Hussain Cheema challenged eligibility of Tariq Bajwa (MPA from Nankana Sahib).

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