Aitzaz a big tax defaulter, LHC informed

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Thursday adjourned hearing of a plea seeking disqualification of PPP Senator Aitzaz Ahsan and asked the petitioner’s counsel for arguments on whether the court had authority to disqualify any senator. Tariq Mahmood had in his petition alleged that Ahsan owned 110 acres of land and was a defaulter of Rs 204,100 tax on it. He further alleged that the PPP leader earned Rs1,800,000 in a year but paid Rs55,592 as tax. He pleaded that the respondent be declared ineligible to hold the seat of senator while invoking provisions of Article 63 of the Constitution.

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