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KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday allowed more time, as a last chance, to the counsel for filing a reply on behalf of Dr Arif Alvi on a petition challenging his candidature for the presidency.
Azmat Rehan had filed a petition in August 2018 before the presidential election and impleaded the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and others as respondents.
When a two-judge SHC bench headed by Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar, took up the matter on Tuesday, Advocate Munawar Hussain requested for time to file a reply of Mr Alvi.
“As a last chance, two weeks time is granted and no further adjournment will be granted,” the bench ordered and adjourned hearing till June 12.
The petitioner, who had lost a decades-long civil case regarding the ownership of a salt firm to Alvia Tabligh Trust, contended that Dr Alvi, a co-plaintiff in the suit, was not qualified to be elected as president of Pakistan since he had allegedly filed fake and forged documents in the 1977 civil case.