RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking a life-time disqualification of MNA Kulsoom Nawaz.

The court heard the petition as “objection case” and observed that the Supreme Court had already dismissed the petitions against the candidature of Kulsoom Nawaz.

Barrister Javed Iqbal Jaffrey had contended in his petition that the returning officer wrongly accepted nomination papers of Kulsoom Nawaz as her husband Nawaz Sharif stood disqualified in Panama Papers case for being a non-righteous and non-sagacious person.

He alleged that Kulsoom Nawaz also concealed facts about her assets and liabilities in the nomination papers which the returning officer ignored in sheer violation of his mandatory duties. He asked the court for life-time disqualification of Kulsoom Nawaz for being dependent of a disqualified prime minister and concealing facts from the election commission.