Pakistan’s Top Court Rules Ousted Leader Can’t Head Political Party
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Pakistan’s Top Court Rules Ousted Leader Can’t Head Political Party
Several opposition political parties then challenged the law, and on Wednesday, a three-member Supreme Court panel headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar ruled
that anyone disqualified from holding public office cannot lead a political party.
In October, Mr. Sharif’s party, the governing Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, succeeded in passing a law
that allowed him to continue to lead the party despite a disputed court ruling last July that removed him from the prime minister’s office.
21, 2018
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday barred former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from leading
his political party, the latest setback for the embattled politician since his ouster from office last year.
Fawad Chaudhry said that PML-N has tried to contaminate politics by opening doors for party presidency to a disqualified person,
Hussain said that But in the larger political context, Nawaz has proved that his grievance was right, that he has been singled out,
"He was counting on having his candidates in the Senate, and now
that is in a state of limbo." Mr. Sharif’s party was hoping to emerge as the single largest party in the Senate election.
Several opposition political parties then challenged the law, and on Wednesday, a three-member Supreme Court panel headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar ruled
that anyone disqualified from holding public office cannot lead a political party.
In October, Mr. Sharif’s party, the governing Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, succeeded in passing a law
that allowed him to continue to lead the party despite a disputed court ruling last July that removed him from the prime minister’s office.
21, 2018
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday barred former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from leading
his political party, the latest setback for the embattled politician since his ouster from office last year.
Fawad Chaudhry said that PML-N has tried to contaminate politics by opening doors for party presidency to a disqualified person,
Hussain said that But in the larger political context, Nawaz has proved that his grievance was right, that he has been singled out,
"He was counting on having his candidates in the Senate, and now
that is in a state of limbo." Mr. Sharif’s party was hoping to emerge as the single largest party in the Senate election.