PML-N huddle reviews amending Articles 62, 63

The laws detail conditions on which a lawmaker can be declared eligible for public office

The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) held on Wednesday a review meeting to amend Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution, which led to the disqualification of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from office last month.

According to Express News, the meeting, chaired by the ousted PM, was held at Jati Umra, in which party leaders including Pervez Rashid, Khawaja Saad Rafique, counsel Khwaja Haris, and law minister Zahid Hamid participated.

The said articles detail conditions on which a lawmaker can be declared eligible for public office.



Keeping intact the Islamic spirit of the article, insiders said, it was decided that the tenure of disqualification will be decided in 62-1 F.

Hamid had said on Tuesday that law does not provide as to how long a lawmaker should remain disqualified; which, he added, should be less than five years.

On July 28, a five-member bench of the Supreme Court had disqualified Nawaz from the PM’s office for failing to declare a salary, which he had not withdrawn as an executive of Dubai-based company, as an asset when filing his nomination papers in 2013.

While the ruling party has called for a “grand national dialogue” for amendments in the Constitution, political parties, including the Pakistan Peoples Party have ruled out any immediate support to the PML-N.