* Ayesha Ahad, Ali Madad Jatak given go-ahead for polls
* Two more PPP candidates declared ineligible
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PESHAWAR: Former military president Gen Pervez Musharraf was on Monday disqualified from contesting election from NA-32 Chitral, crushing his ambition to “save” the country just weeks after his return from exile.
Officials disqualified Musharraf just one day after he unveiled his All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) party manifesto at a press conference overshadowed by questions about legal cases dating back to his nine years in power. The retired general is on bail over the 2007 killing of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and the 2006 death of Baloch tribal leader Akbar Bugti, and for sacking judges when he imposed emergency rule in 2007.
But he told reporters on Monday: “The only thing in my heart was to save Pakistan and now I am here I have the same commitment, that I will save Pakistan.” The 69-year-old applied to run for parliament in four seats but was rejected immediately from all but the northern district of Chitral, on the Afghan border.
Lawyers appealed against his approval in Chitral and on Tuesday a court official said Musharraf’s nomination had been thrown out on the grounds that he violated the constitution in 2007. Musharraf’s team have vowed to appeal against the decision in the Supreme Court, which is also hearing a separate petition from lawyers demanding that Musharraf face trial for treason dating back to his 1999-2008 rule. Lawyer Ahmed Raza Kasuri said the decision was an insult to “an internationally known person” and would show the world “what democracy we have”.
The Balochistan High Court on Tuesday annulled the imprisonment sentence to former provincial minister Ali Madad Jatak. The court declared null and void two years of jail and 10,000 rupees fine imposed on the politician belonging to the Pakistan People’s Party. Earlier, Jatak had filed the plea after a sessions court declared him ineligible to contest polls for possessing fake educational degree.
Meanwhile, Ayesha Malik, daughter of former parliamentarian Ahad Malik and alleged wife of Hamza Shahbaz Sharif, has been allowed to participate in the polls from NA 119 constituency. She would contest elections against the aforementioned politician. Also, two more PPP candidates from Punjab and Sindh were declared ineligible by election tribunals on Tuesday.
An election tribunal has declared PPP candidate of NA 118 constituency Asif Hashmi ineligible to contest elections. Moreover, another PPP stalwart in Sindh, Syed Murad Ali Shah, who had filed his papers to stand from PS-20 (Naushero Feroz-II) was also disqualified by an election tribunal.
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