Rawalpindi, Apr. 30 (ANI): The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has banned former president and military dictator Pervez Musharraf from politics for life.
The ruling came in response to an appeal filed by the former army strongman over the rejection of his nomination papers for the National Assembly seat in Chitral.
A bench, headed by PHC Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan, ruled that since Musharraf had abrogated the Constitution twice, he could not be allowed to contest elections for either the National Assembly or the Senate, reports The Dawn.
The bench also rejected Musharraf's appeal over the rejection of his nomination papers from NA-32 (Chitral).
Earlier, an anti-terrorist court in Rawalpindi ordered a 14-day judicial remand for Musharraf in the Benazir Bhutto murder case and also granted permission to Balochistan police to question him in the Akbar Bugti killing case.
Earlier last week, the court had sent him on a physical remand. Since then, FIA investigators have been questioning the former military ruler in the high profile murder probe.
Musharraf returned to Pakistan last month after nearly four years of self-imposed exile to contest the May 11 general election.
Election officials had barred Musharraf from running for the National Assembly earlier, effectively derailing his attempts to regain a place in politics by standing at the polls. (ANI)
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