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A petition has been moved before the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) asking it to de-notify Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz as a political party, arguing that the party was named after a person who has been disqualified by the apex court from holding any public office, DawnNews reported on Monday.
According to the Supreme Court's judgment in the controversial Election Act 2017 case, an individual disqualified under Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution cannot serve as head of a political party.
A day after the apex court ordered the ECP to remove Nawaz Sharif as president of the PML-N, Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) leader Khurrum Nawaz Gandapur, Mohammad Niaz and Ibrar Hussain Raza submitted a joint application before the ECP, asking the commission to reopen an earlier petition, filed by Niaz and Raza in connection with the de-notification of Nawaz Sharif.
According to the application, a copy of which is available with DawnNews, the two petitions had asked the ECP to de-notify the PML-N in accordance with the Supreme Court verdict, declaring Sharif ineligible for holding even a party office. Subsequently, the ECP had suspended the petition while linking it to a then-pending case in the SC on the same subject.
The petitioners argued that after the apex court barred Sharif from holding a party office, the party registered in his name has also become illegal. They asked the ECP to fix the pending petition for hearing and de-notify the PML-N.
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What a joke !
Nawaz should change it to PML(S), S for Sharifs,
Technically a valid stance, but Courts always do take into consideration the interest and care of people in general. PML(N) is not a proprietary business company or firm. It is a political platform having its own manifesto and agenda to serve the people of Pak for improving their standard of living, and caring for Pak sovereignty and integrety, if a single leader failed to head the party, or is not available for any other reason, that does not means to shut the party. ECP can denotify individuals not a party, party is an institution it must carry on, yeah you can change the persons if so valid in law. PTI must respect the peoples choice.
are you kidding me?
Please denotify both PML-N and PPP a.k.a. Corruption Mafias. So finally our country can get back on track.
After the supreme court verdicts and in view of the alleged corruption by both Sharif brothers and their families being currently investigated and prosecuted by NAB, the ECP should have no second thoughts in de-notifying the N League.
The petitioners case has a logic, and who can a party be named after a disqualified person? Let's see how ECP consider this case in due course!
They'll be glad to do it. thanks for petitioning
Absolutely correct. PMLN should move and drop N.
A very logical and sensible petition.
PML-N Inna lillah he wa inna ilaihe raajeoon.
The law of jungle,
That makes sense.
nice! makes sense!!
A very good and an appropriate step to terminate once and for all the iconic family hereditary tradition and of politics in Pakistan. Everything should be based on merits not just a family connection. Only then Pakistan can progress in real siprit and terms.
Good point. Can the party be named after a person who is not eligible to hold public or party office?
I agree, PMLN must be de-notified.
This is getting ridiculous...
This must be the most frivolous petition by far. The petitioners should be ashamed for wasting the courts time.
We have just one CJ active and has taking on his shoulders a huge responsibility to clean the corruption, and dishonesty in Pakistan. Imagin if some other judges give him full support then where and who high Pakistan would be?
Nawaz did this too himself. He had a good thing going.
Party should be allowed as PML or some other name, NOT as PMLN.
Right step in a right direction.at the right time It is very simple to infer that a political. party registered with election commission after a person's name shall no more exist especially when.such designated person leader is disqualified and legally barred, vide Supreme Court decision to lead party in another matter incidental thereto,. the said party registered in.his name distinguished from other political entities by extension will be deemed to be dysfunctional under the Political Parties Act, 1973
Now this is the limit.
Accordingly, the children should change the names of their father/mother if anyone of them or the both are declared thief etc.
Anything and everything to stop people from electing the leaders they want.
Idiotic demands.
You must all be familiar with PPP Shaheed Bhutto party led by his daughter in law.
Apparently it is named after a convicted and hanged ZAB!
Would that be automatically fall under the same guidelines and procedural mischief that'll be undertaken if this idiotic demand is met.
Everyone wants to be in the spotlight this election year and is literally going out of the way to appear dumb!
PMLN is indeed a proprietry business firm who makes huge profit by collecting big taxes from the public and doing nothing for them,by collecting big loans from international banks and agencies and spending only 25 per cent on development balance profit making thus collecting billions of dollars in their own business accounts making themselves one of the richest lords in the region.The richest rulers of the poorest contry.
Any political party who don't respect highest courts should be banned
The CJ deserves support and praise for disqualifying corrupt leaders despite their power and stubbornness. The people of Pakistan are ignorant, poor and want to just want to live on handouts that are given time to time by politicians whenever they want votes. That is what Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Sharif and Zardari mean when they talk of democracy and 'respect for the vote'.
@Arze you are!
It is most apt by ECP to delist PML-N and bar from elections as it continues to support a corrupt leader as "Leader for life" and his corrupt brother as the acting president.
Well done petitioners!