PML-N Legal Team Prepares for Objections as ECP to Scrutinize Nawaz’s Nomination Papers

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will begin scrutinising the nomination papers of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday, ahead of which the party’s legal team is set to deal with the likely objections, The News reported.

The former prime minister has filed his nomination to contest polls from the Lahore and Mansehra constituencies, the papers for which will be scrunitised today. The party has, therefore, tasked its legal team to brace for any likely objection to the supremo’s submission.

Well-placed sources told The News on Monday that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) lawyers had worked out their strategies to challenge the nomination papers with reference to the Supreme Court’s verdict under Article 62 (1) (F) on April 12, 2018, where the court ruled that the disqualification handed down under Article 62 (1)(f) of the Constitution was for life.

The verdict, on Nawaz’s lifetime disqualification, was issued unanimously by all five judges of the bench.