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Musharraf's candidature: SC notices to parties
Islamabad,
Oct
3:
An
eight
member
bench
of
Supreme
Court
today
issued
notices
to
the
parties
concerned
and
Attorney
General
during
hearing
of
three
constitutional
petitions
against
validation
of
nomination
of
President
Pervez
Musharraf
for
the
presidential
election
slated
for
October
6.
The
court
issued
notices
to
the
parties
and
Attorney
General
of
Pakistan
and
adjourned
hearing
of
the
case
till
tomorrow.
The larger bench of the Supreme Court after hearing arguments of Justice (R) Wajihuddin's counsel Hamid Khan, Amin Fahim's lawyer Sardar Latif Khosa and civil society lawyer Dr Farooq Hassan, observed that several constitutional and legal points have been raised in the case, which invite interpretation of Article 41-2, 62,63, 41-7, 44-2 of the constitution and presidential election rules 1998, reports Geo TV.
Earlier, Justice Sardar Raza opted not to sit on the nine-member larger bench hearing the petitions, after which, Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry constituted new eight-member larger bench headed by Justice Javed Iqbal to hear the case.
Other members of the bench include Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, Justice Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi, Justice Faqir Muhammad Khokar, Justice Nasirul Mulk, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed, Justice Syed Jamshed Ali and Justice Ghulam Rabbani.
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