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ZUBAIR ALI vs ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN Ss — 2021 SCMR 1319 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation
2021 SCMR 1319 SUPREME-COURT
Court
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year
2021
Reporter
SCMR
Parties
ZUBAIR ALI vs ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN Ss
Subject matter
Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

ZUBAIR ALI VS ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN Ss. 2(xxxix) & 62---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 59(1)---Senate elections---Nomination papers, rejection of---Technocrat seat---Eligibility---Held, that in his nomination papers the petitioner had declared his professional experience as being Principal Officer at a family run hotel---Merely running a shop or a small hotel/ restaurant at a local area did not qualify the petitioner as a technocrat---Furthermore the qualification of Master degree obtained by the petitioner was in International Relations, which, firstly was not in the field of his family vocation of running a hotel/restaurant, and secondly such qualification did not add any value or raise the standard of his family hotel/ restaurant---Merely attending to family vocation during studies was not sufficient unless the petitioner showed that he possessed not less than or at the minimum 20 years of practical experience, that thereafter earned him senior management policy making position---Petitioner's participation in the affairs of Chambers of Commerce and Industries and being a member of its Executive Committee, was not a position of excellence, and even otherwise his standing in the Chamber of Commerce as a member was hardly nine (9) years, which did not fulfil the requirement of 20 years of experience that earned him acclamation as a businessman of national and or international level---Nomination papers of petitioner for technocrat seat of Senate were rightly rejected---Petition for leave to appeal was dismissed and leave was refused.

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