Disqualification | MCQs

Explanation

PRODA or Public and Representative Office Disqualification Act, initially passed in 1949, was a notorious act

In March 1959, the martial law administration of General Ayub Khan promulgated the Public Offices (Disqualification) Order patterned after the often misused PRODA

Explanation

Sardar Tanveer Ilyas became Azad Jammu & Kashmir Prime Minster on 18 April 2022

Disqualified: 11 April 2023 (by AJK High Court) 

Case: Contempt of Court 

Tanveer Ilyas is the first AJK PM to be disqualified being a member of the legislative assembly for contempt

Explanation

A person shall be disqualified from being elected or chosen as, and from being a member of the parliament if:

• He is an undischarged insolvent
• He holds an office of profits in the service of Pakistan
• He has been convicted for any offence involving moral turpitude

Explanation

The Supreme Court of Pakistan disqualified  Nawaz Sharif under the Constitution's Article  62(1)(f) on July 28, 2017. 

Explanation

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)  the verdict in PTI leader Faisal Vawda's dual nationality case, disqualifying him as a lawmaker.

Faisal Vawda had resigned as an MNA in March 2021, on the day of Senate election, but he will no longer be a Senator after the conclusion of his disqualification case.

Vawda had won the 2018 general election from Karachi's NA-249 constituency.

Explanation

The Supreme Court of Pakistan disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif under the Constitution's Article  62(1)(f) on July 28, 2017.