Pakistan's Supreme Court today ruled that a person disqualified under Article 62 and 63 of the Constitution cannot serve as the head of a political party, in a blow to Nawaz Sharif who will no longer remain the chief of the ruling PML-N. Sharif was disqualified by the apex court in the Panama Papers case in July last year under Article 62 for failing to declare a receivable salary as an asset.
A three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar said, it is mandatory for a party chief to fulfill the requirements of Articles 62 and 63 as a party head is powerful and political parties control the government.
After Sharif's disqualification as Prime Minister, the ruling PML-N amended the Constitution to allow him to retain his chairmanship of the party.
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