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Article: Pakistani government appeals against Sharif's disqualification from by-elections
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- June 25, 2008
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Pakistani government appeals against Sharif's disqualification
from by-elections
ISLAMABAD, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani government on Wednesday
filed an appeal against the disqualification of former prime
minister Nawaz Sharif from contesting the by-elections.
A full bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday disqualified
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif from
contesting by-elections scheduled on Thursday.
The government said the Lahore High Court was not competent to
hear the case and filed the appeal to the Supreme Court.
The PML-N has said the verdict was politically-motivated and
viewed it as a conspiracy.
But the junior coalition party refused to raise the ...