Nawaz Sharif Re-Elected As Head Of Ruling PML-N Party:- After Parliament passed a controversial bill, the ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (67) was re-elected as the president of Pakistan’s ruling PML-N party on Tuesday. This has indeed paved the way for the ousted PM’s return to politics.
After he was disqualified as the prime minister by the Supreme Court on July 28 in the Panama Papers scandal, Sharif had to step down as the chief of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). A disqualified person could not hold office of a party, under The Representation of Peoples Act 1976.
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When the National Assembly passed a controversial Election Bill 2017, the legal hurdle in his way to become party chief was cleared on Monday. As per the bill, it allows politicians disqualified from holding public office to head a political party. The controversial Election Act 2017 was signed by President Mamnoon Hussain into law, hours after it was bulldozed through the parliament amid pandemonium on the opposition benches.
Sharif’s papers for party president in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) were submitted by PML-N leader Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, while no other candidate from the party contested the election.
Minister of State Talal Chaudhry told media that Sharif will remain chief of PML-N. “He will also become Prime Minister of the country. Sharif cannot be removed from politics through conspiracies,” he said.
The election of party president is a requirement by Election Commission of Pakistan. The PML-N was issued a notice last month already by the Election Commission of Pakistan for failing to choose permanent successor of Sharif.
Sharif’s election has temporarily cured the rifts within the party which appeared on the verge of defections after his ouster. But Sharif’s fate as party president still hangs in balance as the new law has been challenged by Pakistan Awami Tehreek party in the Lahore High Court, while Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and other parties have announced to challenge it in the Supreme Court.
The new law was “Sharif- specific” to allow him to return to politics, alleged the opposition parties. They also content that the law is against the spirit of the Constitution.
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