Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa has stated that the Supreme Court hopes to wrap up the lifetime disqualification case on Thursday, January 4. This is a significant ruling that will establish whether lawmakers’ ineligibility to run for office under the amended Election Act 2017 should be for five years or for life, in accordance with Article 62 (1)(F). A seven-person higher court, presided over by Pakistan’s Chief Justice (CJP) Justice Qazi Faez Isa, considered the issue of parliamentarians’ permanent disqualification. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Aminuddin Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, and Justice Musarat Hilali are the other members of the court. Live broadcasts of the case hearings were available on SC’s YouTube channel and website.