Pakistan’s Top Court Rules Ousted Leader Can’t Head Political Party<br />Several opposition political parties then challenged the law, and on Wednesday, a three-member Supreme Court panel headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar ruled<br />that anyone disqualified from holding public office cannot lead a political party.<br />In October, Mr. Sharif’s party, the governing Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, succeeded in passing a law<br />that allowed him to continue to lead the party despite a disputed court ruling last July that removed him from the prime minister’s office.<br />21, 2018<br />ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday barred former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from leading<br />his political party, the latest setback for the embattled politician since his ouster from office last year.<br />Fawad Chaudhry said that PML-N has tried to contaminate politics by opening doors for party presidency to a disqualified person,<br />Hussain said that But in the larger political context, Nawaz has proved that his grievance was right, that he has been singled out,<br />"He was counting on having his candidates in the Senate, and now<br />that is in a state of limbo." Mr. Sharif’s party was hoping to emerge as the single largest party in the Senate election.
