The Lahore High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the federal government and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for April 02 on a petition challenging victory notification of newly-elected 11 senators backed by the PML-N. The petitioner Dr Zarqa Suharwardi of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf contended through her counsel that ousted prime minister and PML-N's former president Nawaz Sharif had issued tickets to the 11 respondent candidates.
However, the ECP after Sharif's disqualification allowed the PML-N candidates to contest the election as independent candidates. She submitted that the permission granted to the respondents by the ECP was in sheer violation of the constitution and the Representation of Peoples Act 1976.
The petitioner contended that the respondent senators were no more eligible to contest the Senate polls even as independents after the disqualification of Nawaz Sharif as party head.
She asked the court to suspend the victory notifications of all the 11 PML-N backed returned senators till final decision of her petition. The court heard the contention of the petitioner's counsel and directed the office to consolidate all identical petitions.
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