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LAHORE: The full bench of Lahore High Court will hear the petition filed by PPP regarding powers of Acting Governor on Monday.The LHC bench will be headed by Chief Justice LHC, Justice Syed Zahid Hussain.It may be mentioned here that the dispute started when Acting governor Rana Iqbal had appointed people on important positions while Governor Salman Taseer was on a foreign tour.

CNews ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf Wednesday signed notification, reinstating five regular and three additional judges of Sindh High Court.The summary is being forwarded to Attorney General’s office after the signature, sources said.A summary is also being reviewed for restatement of some of deposed judges of Lahore High Court, sources added.The signature of the notification by the President confirms reports that some of the deposed judges had already accepted the offer of their restoration.

CNews ISLAMABAD: Federal Government on Saturday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court seeking suspension of the Lahore High Court verdict on Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s candidature.Sources said decision in this regard was taken in a meeting between Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Karachi.In this context, federal government had directed the deputy Attorney General Raja Abdul Rehman to prepare the appeal, sources further said.

CNews ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court, while issuing order for withholding the by-poll in NA-123, issued notices to the parties. Nawaz Sharif’s lawyer, Akram Sheikh Advocate told media that the SC has withheld the by-election until the resolution of dispute. SC three-member Bench, headed by Justice Musa Laghari comprising of Justice Zawwar Hussain Jaffery and Justice Farrukh Saeed, was hearing the petition against restraining Mian Nawaz Sharif from contesting election. Regular hearing of the case will be held from next Monday. Prior to the hearing of petition, Attorney General Malik Muhammad Qayyum told CNews News that the petition filed by the federation has raised the major objection and important question of the competence of Lahore High Court (LHC) hearing that whether or not LHC had the authority to give decision on this writ petition. Notices would be issued in this regard, besides the Court could pass an interim order, which was well within its authority, he told.

CNews ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the disqualification of Nawaz Sharif. Deputy Attorney General (DAG), Raja Abdur Rahman filing the petition made a plea that Nawaz Sharif’s case was important and, therefore, it should be heard today. Earlier, DAG talking to the media said, “Our constitutional stance is that under article 225, it was Election Tribunal’s authority. We have attached two more requests along with our petition—first, the SC should suspend the High Court’s decision and if this order gets suspended, then Mian Nawaz Sharif in turn becomes eligible for contesting election. Alternatively, we have prayed that the election be postponed until the decision of this petition,” he elaborated. He further said that we would first try getting the Lahore High Court’s order suspended and Mian Nawaz Sharif becomes the MNA.

CNews LAHORE: Spokesman of Muslim League-N Siddiqul Farooq Monday said Lahore High Court’s verdict to disqualify Nawaz Sharif was unacceptable. Talking to Geo News, he said PML-N rejected the decision, adding it was politically motivated and does not fulfill basic requirement of justice.Responding to question, he said Punjab government was pursuing the case. He further alleged the judgment was result of conspiracy hatched by President Musharraf.

CNews LAHORE: The 3-member full bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) has declared Pakistan Muslim League (N) Chief Nawaz Sharif ineligible to contest the by-elections and allowed Shahbaz Sharif to continue to work as Chief Minister Punjab.Petition of Shahbaz Sharif has been forwarded to Election Commission. The court in its verdict also said that Shahbaz Sharif’s case should be considered as pending.The council of Shahbaz Sharif said the decision of LHC is not the one made independently and there is ambiguity in the verdict. The PML-N workers chanted slogans against the government outside LHC after the announcement of the decision.