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Pakistan SC imposes life time ban on former PM Nawaz Sharif from contesting elections

Team SoOLEGAL 14 Apr 2018 12:36pm

Pakistan SC imposes life time ban on former PM Nawaz Sharif from contesting elections

Islamabad: In what can be termed as virtual end of political career of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz(PML-N) top leader and former PM Nawaz Sharif has been banned by SC from contesting election for a lifetime. He has also been barred from holding top position in his own party. Last July he was disqualified by SC from holding office for not declaring an income that he had not received. This decision is a jolt for PML-N especially since this is an election year.

The ruling which was unanimous, was given by a five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar in response to several petitions filed on the length of the disqualification under Article 62 (1)(f) of the Constitution. It was under this provision Sharif was disqualified last year. The court also gave similar ruling against former secretary general of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Jahangir Tareen, who too cannot hold public office for life.

Speaking about the ruling, Sharif, called it vindictive and said he seems to be the sole target. Present Pak PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi while giving his reaction said , "In democracy, it is the people who decide, we will go to people's court against the decision".

Explaining the decision, Justice Azmat Saeed Sheikh said the court can only interpret the Constitution but not amend it.

Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution was introduced by  Zia-ul-Haq, states all MPs must be “sadiq” and “ameen” or honest and righteous. This  provisions have long been used by the Army establishment to target politicians.

A former judge Shaiq Usmani while giving his view said, "Only way out for PML-N is to win elections and amend the constitution".

Meantime economically Pakistan is doing badly with foreign exchange reserves having fallen the most in entire Asia and current account deficit ballooning by 50% in the eight months ended February.



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