Lahore: A Pakistani court on Monday cleared former premier Raja Pervez Ashraf's candidature for the May 11, 2013, general election, setting aside an election tribunal's decision to reject his nomination papers over allegations of corruption. A full bench of the Lahore High Court observed that there was no court declaration against Ashraf that declared him "non-profligate, non-righteous or non-sagacious", and he could not be barred from participating in the polls.
The Pakistan People's Party leader will now be eligible to contest the polls from a parliamentary constituency in his hometown of Gujjar Khan, located 125 km from Islamabad. Earlier, the same bench of the High Court had provisionally allowed Ashraf to contest the election. The bench said neither the Returning Officer nor the election tribunal had jurisdiction to exercise powers under Article 62 of the Constitution to bar the former premier from the polls.
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