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EC clears Sharifs to contest by-polls

By Masood Rehman

ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (r) Qazi Muhammad Farooq on Sunday allowed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif and President Shahbaz Sharif to contest the by-elections scheduled for June 26. Disposing of an appeal challenging the Sharifs’ nomination papers, the CEC held that as the appellate tribunal had failed to deliver judgement within the specified time (by May 31), the decision of the returning officer concerned was final. According to a press release issued by the EC, the CEC has returned the file to the Lahore High Court registrar. Farooq observed that no further action could be taken in light of sub-section 6 of Section 14 of the Representation of the People Act, 1976. The sub-section reads: “An appeal not disposed of within the period specified in sub-section (5) shall be deemed to have been rejected.”

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