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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Wednesday sought written replies from respondents in a petition challenging the eligibility of
Federal Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain.IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the petition filed by a television
anchor against the eligibility of the minister accusing him of not declaring his assets in his nomination papers submitted to Election
Commission of Pakistan.He said such matter should not be dragged into courts rather should be raised in the Parliament.The political cases
could affect the credibility of courts, he added.During the course of proceeding, Fawad Chaudhry told the court the petitioner had conducted
two TV programmes against him .He complained that the pictures of his wife and daughter were shown on the television channel in the
programme.He requested the bench to dispose of the petition.The chief justice said it was inappropriate to hold television programmes on
such cases.The minister said he wanted to argue on maintainability of this case, adding he had been abused in the programme.The court sought
written replies from respondents and adjourned the hearing of the case for three weeks.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of
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