Thursday, October 5, 2017

Pakistan - #PPP to challenge section 203 of Election Reforms Act in Supreme Court

The Pakistan Peoples Party has decided to challenge in the Supreme Court section 203 of the Election Reforms Act 2017 under which a person disqualified by a competent court is also allowed to become an office bearer and even head a political party.
The decision was taken at a high level meeting of the Party held in Zardari House Islamabad Wednesday evening.

The meeting presided over by former President Asif Ali Zardari was attended by opposition Leader Syed Khursheed Shah, former Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, Latif Khosa, Nayyer Bukhari, Rehman Malik, Naveed Qamar, Sherry Rehman, Saleem Mandviwalla, Manzoor Chaudhry, Tanvir Kaira and Farhatulah Babar.

Spokesperson Farhatullah Babar said that the meeting also decided that Sardar Latif Khosa will be the lead counsel of the Party in the case.

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