The Supreme Court has granted permission to five key PTI-backed candidates, including Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, to contest the upcoming general elections, overturning rejections by returning officers, election tribunals and lower courts.
These five candidates, who will now participate in elections from different constituencies across Punjab, are Elahi (PP-32, Gujrat), Sanam Javaid Khan (NA-119, NA-120 and PP-150, all in Lahore), Shaukat Mehmood Basra (NA-163, Bahawalnagar), Malik Umar Aslam (NA-87, Khushab), and Tahir Sadiq (NA-49, Attock).
However, one candidate, Mohammad Arif Abbasi, faces disqualification from taking part in the elections from PP-19.
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