ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) suffered a setback onThursday.
Ttwo senators belonging to the party were disqualified for having dualnationality.
A larger bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisaralso ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to de-notify SaadiaAbbasi, the sister of former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, andHaroon Akhtar as members of the Parliament.
The court also ordered the ECP to conduct re-polling on the seats.
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Ali Zafar, counsel for Haroon Akhtar, said that his client had left theCanadian nationality and submitted an affidavit. The CJP asked his counselto show the abdication certificate, not affidavit. “If we accept theinterpretation of the lawyers, the entire parliament will get the dualnationality,” he remarked.
