Lahore High Court (LHC) has granted on Saturday permission to the former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to contest for Senate Elections.

On February 15, Dar had challenged the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision of rejecting his nomination papers for the Senate elections. The nomination papers had been rejected due to pending corruption case against him in the accountability court.

An application to LHC was filed, which stated that Dar had fulfilled all the legal requirements for contesting the elections. The application further read that his papers were rejected, which was against the norms of justice.

Dar had applied from Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz for the elections in two different categories, which includes a general seat and a technocrat seat. The Senate elections will take place on March 3.