Election Tribunal verdicts: Sharif brothers in, Musharraf out

Nawaz to run for NA-120 Lahore, Shahbaz for NA-129 Lahore. Musharraf's review appeal rejected for NA-250 Karachi.

KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif have been allowed to run for upcoming elections after respective election tribunals accepted their review appeals on Monday, reported Express News.

Nawaz will run for NA-120 Lahore seat and Shahbaz for NA-129 Lahore.

The review appeal filed by former president Pervez Musharraf over the rejection of his nomination papers in NA-250 Karachi was rejected.

His nomination papers for NA-250 Karachi were rejected on charges of violating the constitution and sacking top judges.

Earlier, Musharraf’s nomination papers for NA-139 were also rejected by a returning officer of the ECP. His papers were rejected following six objections made by advocate Javed Kasuri.

One of the objections stated that the ex-general does not meet the criteria established in Article 62 and 63 of the constitution.

Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) also challenged Musharraf’s nomination papers for NA-32 constituency in Chitral.

The former dictator is in the middle of numerous political and legal hurdles since his return from self-exile last month.