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Ousted Azad Jammu and Kashmir prime minister Tanvir Ilyas’appeal challenging his disqualification was rejected by the concerned Supreme Court on Wednesday.
The AJK High Court had disqualified Ilyas a day earlier from his position as a member of the legislative assembly and as premier on contempt charges.
Later, the AJK Election Commission Secretariat had issued a notification, stating: “Pursuant to the judgment dated April 11, 2023, passed by the Honourable High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir in Robkar Adalat vs Tanvir Ilyas, Prime Minister Govt of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and sub-article (2) of Article 25 of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Interim Constitution 1974, the Chief Election Commissioner AJK hereby issued notification of disqualification of Tanvir Ilyas as member AJK Legislative Assembly.”
It is “with effect from April 11, 2023, in consequence thereof the notification dated July 27, 2021, to the extent of declaring him as a returned candidate from the AJK Legislative Assembly Constituency No LA-XV, Bagh-II stands rescinded with effect from April 11, 2023.”
Ilyas had accused the judiciary of affecting the work of his government and intervening in the domain of the executive through stay orders.
The AJK premier had claimed that a multimillion Saudi-funded education project was incomplete due to a court order. He had also spoken against the court orders to reopen tobacco factories that were involved in tax evasion worth billions of rupees.
On Tuesday, the full bench of the high court pronounced the verdict, convicted him for statements against the judiciary and sentenced him.
