Islamabad, June 29 (TNS): In a major development, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has been allowed to contest election from NA-57 by Lahore High Court suspending the orders of Election Tribunal.
A two-member bench headed by Justice Mazahir Ali Naqvi accepted Abbasi’s appeal against the appellate tribunal’s decision of rejecting his nomination papers and disqualifying him for life.
The divisional bench of the LHC dismissed the tribunal’s order against Abbasi.
On Thursday, the appellate tribunal had found Abbasi guilty of “concealing facts and withholding information from voters” in his nomination forms submitted for the constituency.
The written verdict said that Abbasi does not meet the requirements under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution of Pakistan.
