SC assault: Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification sought

The court earlier dismissed another petition by Orakzai against the former federal minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan.


Our Correspondent May 30, 2013
The petitioner said that the respondents had been convicted in the SC attack case but had not mentioned it in their nomination papers. PHOTO: FILE

LAHORE:


A petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court seeking disqualification of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, former chief minister Shahbaz Sharif and PML-N leader Khawaja Saad Rafiq for their alleged role in an attack on SC.

The petitioner, Shahid Orakzai, said that the respondents had been convicted in the SC attack case but had not mentioned it in their nomination papers. He said the respondents were not eligible to contest the election.


The court earlier dismissed another petition by Orakzai against the former federal minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and asked him to approach an election tribunal. Orakzai had said that Nisar’s wife and children were dual nationals and he was not eligible for public office.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 31st, 2013.

COMMENTS (8)

Ali S | 11 years ago | Reply

Digging out old dirty laundry to settle personal feuds - it's been standard behaviour of SC for the past few years.

Maverick | 11 years ago | Reply

A man who has stolen from the national exchequer, is a tax-dodger, a loan defaulter, has ransacked the judicial courts and laundered money deserves to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.

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