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Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Wednesday ruled that ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif cannot run Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) as the party president.
“An individual disqualified under Articles 62 and 63 cannot serve as party head,” said a three-judge Supreme Court (SC) bench headed by the CJP in a verdict on the petitions challenging the controversial Elections Act 2017.
The passage of Electoral Reforms Bill 2017 last year had paved way for sacked premier Nawaz Sharif to become president of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). It was passed from both houses of parliament despite the bone of contention being its Section 203 which allowed the ex-PM to hold office as PML-N president.
While reading out the verdict, the chief justice said that “a person who is disqualified under Article 62 and 63 of the Constitution is not eligible to sign on any document that is needed to nominate someone to the National Assembly or Senate”. The verdict was announced in courtroom number 1.
With the judgement, the court has ruled out tickets issued by Sharif for the Senate elections to be null and void.
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