Nawaz Sharif and Jahangir Tareen will benefit from the bill.<br />Lawmakers disqualified for life will be able to run for office.<br />NA allows ECP to announce poll date sans president's approval.<br />ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Sunday amended a law limiting the disqualification of a parliamentarian to a maximum of five years, paving the way for those barred for life from running for a public office.<br /><br />Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif and Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) chief Jahangir Khan Tareen will be among those who benefit from the move.<br /><br />The Supreme Court had disqualified both senior politicians in June and December 2017, respectively, after they were found to be "dishonest" under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution.
