Pakistan court bans Musharraf from contesting polls for life

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Pakistan court bans Musharraf from contesting polls for life

ISLAMABAD: In a severe jolt to former Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf's plans to stage a political comeback, a court on Tuesday banned him from contesting elections for the rest of his life for abrogating constitution twice and detaining judges during the emergency in 2007.

A four-judge bench of the Peshawar high court headed by chief justice Dost Muhammad Khan imposed the ban while dismissing Musharraf's appeal challenging the rejection of his nomination papers for May 11 general election.

The lifetime ban was imposed because Musharraf had abrogated the Constitution twice and detained judges during the 2007 emergency, the bench said.

Musharraf was barred from contesting polls to the national and provincial assemblies and the Senate, it said.

One of Musharraf's lawyers, Saad Shibli, says he would challenge the ruling in the Supreme Court.

Election authorities had earlier rejected Musharraf's nomination papers for four parliamentary seats in Islamabad, Punjab, Sindh and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa because of his actions while in power.

Musharraf's lawyers had filed an appeal in the Peshawar high court against the rejection of nomination papers for a parliamentary seat in Chitral region of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

The 69-year-old former president is currently being held at his farmhouse on the outskirts of Islamabad, which has been declared a sub-jail, after he was arrested over the sacking of judges during the 2007 emergency and the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto.

An anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi today remanded Musharraf to judicial custody for a fortnight over the Bhutto assassination case.

He has been accused of providing inadequate security to Bhutto after she returned to Pakistan from self-exile in 2007.

Musharraf, who heads the All Pakistan Muslim League, returned to Pakistan last month after nearly four years in self-exile to make a political comeback but he has been dragged to court over several issues, including the imposition of emergency rule in 2007 and the death of Baloch leader Akbar Bugti in a 2006 military operation.

Pakistan court bans Musharraf from contesting polls for life - The Times of India

 

[arnabmit]

No option left for mushy now,
But to get spirited away somehow.

:crusin4:

 

[farhan_9909]

Ah by Dost Muhammad Khan...i really hate this person.

 

[sayareakd]

Well life has come full circle for Mushi, first he suspended the Constitution and put all the Judges under house arrest, now a days he is appearing before the Judges and trying to contest polls under same Constitution. Life is great leveler :thumb:

 

[ladder]

Ah by Dost Muhammad Khan...i really hate this person.

It was a 4 judge bench why blame him alone?

 

[sorcerer]

Is it court way of saying "Hey Mush..you are imprisoned for life"?
Anyway..checkmate...

 

[sayareakd]

Is it court way of saying "Hey Mush..you are imprisoned for life"?
Anyway..checkmate...

Life has turn full circle for him and now he is in Jail, may be he will be hanged

 

[farhan_9909]

It was a 4 judge bench why blame him alone?

well he is the chief justice of Peshawar high court

Though he has suffered alot because of musharaf.he was suspended in a very critical time.i know him..he's from bannu

 

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well he is the chief justice of Peshawar high court

Though he has suffered alot because of musharaf.he was suspended in a very critical time.i know him..he's from bannu

Now, that he will appeal in supreme court, it is to be noted that chief justice of Pakistan isn't very fond of him either.