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Acting President Sadiq Sanjrani on Monday accorded his assent to a bill, passed by both lower and upper houses of parliament, limiting lawmakers’ disqualification period to maximum five...

Interim president Sadiq Sanjarani signs summary forwarded by PM Shehbaz Sharif

Pakistan National Assembly on Sunday amended a law limiting the disqualification of parliamentarians to a maximum of five years.

In the first instance the Supreme Court disqualified Nawaz Sharif as a member of the National Assembly, and thus as the prime minister. The Supreme Court declared that by having failed to disclose...

The Senate on Friday passed the bill seeking to limit the disqualification of lawmakers to five years with retrospective effect, the Dawn newspaper reported.The move comes a day after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged his elder brother Nawaz Sharif, the PML-N supremo, to return from London and lead the poll campaign of the party in the general election and become the premier of the nation for a record fourth time.A copy of the bill presented in the Senate on Friday included an amendme...

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Pakistans Senate has passed a bill to ensure no parliamentarian is disqualified for a lifetime, a move termed by the Opposition as an attempt to clear the way for former premier Nawaz Sharifs return to the country and his participation in the upcoming elections. World News | Pak Senate Passes Bill to Limit Disqualification Period; Opposition Calls It Attempt to Ensure Nawaz Sharifs Participation in Polls.

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Pakistan's Senate has passed a bill to ensure no parliamentarian is disqualified for a lifetime, a move termed by the Opposition as an attempt to clear the way for former premier Nawaz Sharif’s return to the country and his participation in the upcoming elections.

Opposition calls it attempt to ensure Nawaz Sharifs participation in polls

ISLAMABAD: The ruling coalition has once again passed a legislation to ensure no parliamentarian is disqualified for lifetime under Article 62 of the Constitution.The opposition parties have termed...