Pak court provisionally allows Ashraf to contest polls

April 18, 2013 22:33

A Pakistani court today provisionally allowed former premier Raja Pervez Ashraf to contest the upcoming general election after suspending an Election Tribunal's decision to disqualify him.

A three-judge bench of the Lahore High Court headed by Justice Ijazul Ahsan accepted Asharf's appeal against the verdict of the Election Tribunal and Returning Officer.

The court issued a notice to the Election Commission to respond by Monday to Ashraf's appeal and also directed it to include his name in the list of "valid candidates" for the May 11 polls.

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