ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court barred on Thursday former Sindh government minister Syed Murad Ali Shah from contesting elections overturning the Sindh High Court decision.

A three member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry on Thursday issued an order to prevent Murad Ali Shah, belonging to the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from contesting in May 11 polls on the ground that he holds dual nationality and thus violates Article 62 and 63 of the Constitution.

Earlier Sindh High Court had allowed Murad Ali Shah to contest elections despite rejection of his nomination papers by the Returning Officer and Election Tribunal. Syed Murad Ali Shah is a key leader of PPP Sindh chapter.

He was contesting elections from PS-73 Dadu.Shah had said that he had relinquished his Canadian nationality before the tribunal’s decision.