The Supreme Court has granted permission to five key PTI-backed candidates, including Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, to contest the upcoming general elections, over­turning rejections by returning officers, election tribunals and lower courts.

These five candidates, who will now participate in elections from different constituencies across Punjab, are Elahi (PP-32, Gujrat), Sanam Javaid Khan (NA-119, NA-120 and PP-150, all in Lahore), Shaukat Mehmood Basra (NA-163, Bahawalnagar), Malik Umar Aslam (NA-87, Khushab), and Tahir Sadiq (NA-49, Attock).

However, one candidate, Mohammad Arif Abbasi, faces disqualification from taking part in the elections from PP-19.

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