ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Friday suspended anotification of former finance minister Ishaq Dar’s election as a senator.
The notification was suspended in the light of Supreme Court orders. In May2018, the apex court had suspended Dar’s senatorship on a temporary basis.
A petition, moved by Pakistan Peoples Party’s Nawazish Pirzada, hadrequested the apex court to suspend the Lahore High Court judgment allowingDar to contest the March 3 Senate elections.
On February 17, an appellate election tribunal of the LHC had granted Darpermission to contest Senate elections, setting aside an order of thereturning officer who had rejected his nomination papers.
Dar was successfully elected to the Senate from Punjab but had yet to beadministered oath.