‘It was selection, not election on Jan 5’

Describing the January 5 national election a ‘mockery’, eminent jurist Rafique-Ul Huq on Thursday told the High Court that it was rather selection than election as per the country’s constitution. “The so-called January 5 election was not election in the eye of law. The constitution doesn’t speak about such election,” he said while placing arguments as amicus curiae (friend of court) before the HC during the hearing on a writ petition. Rafique-Ul Huq also mentioned Article 65(2) of the constitution that stipulates that the members of parliament shall be elected in accordance with the law from single territorial constituencies by direct election not selection, according to a news agency.