Re: Caretaker PM — Asma Jahangir or Hussain Haroon?
Articles 62 and 63. Applying these articles, Imran Khan would not be able to hold membership of the parliament, but I wonder who would be qualified to stay in the parliament then?
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Qualifications for membership of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament):
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A person shall not be qualified to be elected or chosen as a member of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) unless-[TABLE]
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he is a citizen of Pakistan;…
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he is of good character and is not commonly known as one who violates Islamic Injunctions;
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he has adequate knowledge of Islamic teachings and practises obligatory duties prescribed by Islam as well as abstains from major sins ;
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he is sagacious, righteous and non-profligate, honest and ameen, there being no declaration to the contrary by a court of law;
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he has not, after the establishment of Pakistan, worked against the integrity of the country or opposed the ideology of Pakistan.
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63.
Disqualifications for membership of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament):
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A person shall be disqualified from being elected or chosen as, and from being, a member of the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament), if:-[TABLE]
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he is of unsound mind and has been so declared by a competent court; or
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he is an undischarged insolvent; or
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he ceases to be a citizen of Pakistan, or acquires the citizenship of a foreign State; or…
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