The SC revokes Faisal Vawda’s lifetime disqualification

After receiving an unequivocal apology from the former PTI leader Faisal Vawda in front of the court on Friday, the Supreme Court of Pakistan lifted the lifetime ban that had prevented him from contesting in elections.

The appeal of Vawda’s lifelong disqualification order from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), which was issued on February 9, was heard by a three-member apex court bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial and consisting of Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Ayesha Malik.

The chief justice summoned Vawda to court today to give him a chance to apologize and accept his mistake, as he had been lying to the courts for three long years.
 
The former federal minister told the court today that he sincerely apologizes and that he will take any penalty that is meted out to him.

Accepting his apology, the apex court ruled that Vawda was disqualified under Article 63(1)(c) and not Article 62(1)(f), the same law that was used to impose a lifetime ban on former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from contesting elections.