LAHORE (ENNS) Lahore High Court (LHC) allowed on Friday former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to contest from his home constituency of NA-57, Murree.
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.
The former premier, in a statement to the media, had vowed to challenge the verdict.
LHC allowed PTI’s Fawad Chaudhry as well to contest election.
