Law minister proposes amendment to Article 62, 63 in NA

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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Law and Justice Zahid Hamid on Tuesday asked for Article 62 and 63 of the Constitution to be amended during the National Assembly session. 

The NA committee on electoral reforms will recommend amendments to Article 62 and 63, said Hamid. 

The law minister added that Article 62 should be amended as a time period for disqualification of a parliamentarian should be specified, adding that the time period for disqualification should be less than five years. 

Further details will be given by the law minister in a press conference. 

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was disqualified under Article 62 (1)(f) of the Constitution.

Announcing its verdict, the five-member bench unanimously disqualified Nawaz for failing to disclose his un-withdrawn receivables constituting assets from UAE-based Capital FZE in his nominations papers for the 2013 General Election, stating that this meant he was not ‘honest’ and ‘truthful’, as per the Constitution.

In the verdict, all five judges ruled to send references against Nawaz Sharif, his children Maryam, Hussain and Hasan, son-in-law Captain (retd) Safdar and Ishaq Dar to an accountability court.

The court also ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to file a reference against the accused in an accountability court in six weeks and directed for the trial to be wrapped up within six months.