ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has summoned a meeting to look into the implications of the verdict announced by the Supreme Court yesterday (Wednesday).
The election body will decide the fate of the upcoming Senate elections and recently held by-elections in the light of the judgement of the apex court, which struck down a controversial amendment in Electoral Reforms Bill 2017 and ruled that a disqualified person could not lead a political party.
The three-member bench of Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar also declared that all decisions taken by Nawaz Sharif as PML-N’s president stand null and void after the judgement.
“It is declared that any person who suffers from lack of qualification under Article 62 or disqualification under Article 63 of the Constitution is debarred from holding the position of ‘Party Head’ by whatever name called and prohibited from exercising any of the powers provided in Article 63-A of the Constitution, as ‘Party Head’ or any other power in the said capacity under any law, rule, regulation, statute, instrument or document of any political party,” reads the court verdict.
The ECP meeting will decide the fate of the PML-N candidates who were issued the party tickets for Senate by the former party head Nawaz Sharif.
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