The Supreme Court’s verdict on the procedure law will have no bearing on former prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification limit as the recently-amended election laws reduced the ineligibility period to five years with retrospective effect.
Nawaz stepped down as the country’s prime minister in 2017 after he was disqualified for life from holding public office by the Supreme Court for not declaring a receivable salary.
The statement from the senior PML-N leader came following reports claiming that the apex court verdict had closed the doors for electoral politics for the former premier as it struck down a section dealing with the retrospective effect of law.
Tarar said that an amendment was made in the Elections Act, 2017 regarding five-year disqualification.
“The law says that wherever the Constitution is silent, the issue can be addressed through legislation and after the said amendment in the election laws, all those people, including Nawaz Sharif, who were disqualified for life are now eligible to contest polls.”
