The Lahore High Court Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah on Thursday ruled that disqualification of one office-bearer does not lead to dissolution or deregistration of a political party. The Chief Justice was hearing a petition seeking dissolution of PML-N in the wake of disqualification of its president and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
The petitioner, Asim Aziz advocate, pleaded that the registration of the PML-N stood cancelled the moment its president was disqualified by the Supreme Court. He asked the court to order the Election Commission of Pakistan to dissolve the PML-N as political party, restrain it from participating in election and using the election symbol of lion.
The petitioner failed to present any precedent when the chief justice asked him to cite any law which carried dissolution of a political party after the disqualification of its head. The Chief Justice observed that structure of a political party does not base on one individual.
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