LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday dismissed as withdrawn a petition seeking disqualification of former president Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar. Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial heard the petition. Advocate Muhammad Fakhir told the court that he no longer wished to pursue the case. The chief justice accepted his request and dismissed the petition as withdrawn. The petitioner had said that former president Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar faced court cases charging them with corruption and did not therefore fulfil the criteria of eligibility prescribed in Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution. He had said they should be disqualified from contesting elections or holding elected offices.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 2nd, 2014.
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