Summary The top court will announce the reserved verdict soon to decide political fate of Nawaz Sharif
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ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – After hearing the petitions against Election Act of 2017, Supreme Court reserved its verdict and will announce it soon to decide the political fate of Nawaz Sharif.
The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar said the court will either announce the verdict today or on February 22.
He remarked, "No parliamentarian was called thief," while responding to the media reports.
In January 2018, SC had accepted petitions the petitions for hearing against the Election Act of 2017. These petitions were submitted by Awami Muslim League (AML), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and other political parties as well as groups of lawyers.
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“The bill was passed in the NA by the vote of all parties and can only be annulled if is contradictory to basic rights,” CJP had remarked in one of the hearing.
CJP is heading the three-member bench to hear the petitions.
The approval of Electoral Reforms Bill 2017 had paved way for sacked premier Nawaz Sharif to become president of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). It was passed from both houses of parliament despite the bone of contention being its Section 203 which allowed the ex-PM to hold office as PML-N president.
