Musharraf thrown out of election race

* 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.

Musharraf thrown out of election race

CHITRAL: Former president Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf, who had returned to Pakistan after five years of self-imposed exile to contest the May 11 polls, has been thrown out of the election race.

The former military strongman’s nomination papers were also rejected on Tuesday from NA-32 Chitral, after being earlier disqualified from three other constituencies.

Musharraf’s lawyer said they would contest the decision in the High Court.