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ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has forwarded the draft of the presidential reference for eliminating horse-trading to Prime Minister Imran Khan, ARY News reported on Sunday.
The summary of the draft presidential reference was sent to PM Imran Khan regarding the legislation to curb horse-trading following the instruction of PM’s Adviser on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan.
The federal cabinet will approve the draft of the presidential reference before submitting it to the Supreme Court (SC). The Cabinet Division will send a circulation summary to the ministers for its approval in a few days.
The federal government is likely to submit the presidential reference to the SC on Monday (tomorrow) to seek clarity on the interpretation of Article 63 (A) of the Constitution.
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Sharing details of it, Babar Awan had earlier said that the president will send a reference for clarity on article 63 (A) of the Constitution and it will seek answers to two questions.
The incumbent chief justice was the head of the apex court bench that previously decided on disqualification under the said article.
“Wherever period of disqualification is not mentioned in the constitution it is interpreted as lifetime,” he said and added, “the disgruntled PTI lawmakers have chance to return and if they decide against it, they will be disqualified for lifetime.”