By NNN-PTI,
Islamabad : Pakistan’s Supreme Court today adjourned for two weeks the hearing of an appeal filed by the government against a High Court’s order disqualifying former premier Nawaz Sharif from contesting by-polls.
The matter was adjourned by a three-judge bench of the apex court after Deputy Attorney General Raja Abdur Rehman sought more time to examine replies filed by Noor Elahi and Khurram Shah, the two persons on whose petitions the Lahore High Court had barred Sharif from contesting by-polls on June 26.
The Supreme Court put off polling in the parliamentary constituency in Lahore from which Sharif had planned to contest the by-polls. Sharif’s PML-N swept the by-polls held in 28 national and provincial assembly constituencies.
Deputy Attorney General Rehman told reporters that Elahi and Shah had filed written replies today in the apex court. Following this, he sought more time to go through the replies.
Rehman also asked the apex court to allow the by-polls to be held in the constituency in which Sharif had filed nominations but Elahi and Shah opposed this. Rehman said Sharif is qualified to contest polls and the question of his candidature should be decided by an election tribunal and not the High Court.