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Petitioner: Begum KALSOOM NAWAZ and others VS Respondent: ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN and others
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Qazi Muhammad Farooq, Nazim Hussain Siddiqui, Sh. Riaz Ahmad Title:Begum KALSOOM NAWAZ and others vs ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
and others Case No.:C.Ps. Nos.3502-L, 3504-L, 3506-L, 3507-L, 3508-L and 3509-L of 2002 W.Ps. Nos.17269, 17268, 17270, 17271, 17272 and 17273 of 2002 Date of Judgment:2002-10-07 Reported As: 2005 SCMR 737 Result: Petitions dismissed Judgment ORDER ' SH. RIAZ AHMAD, C.J.--- By means of a common judgment dated 27th of September, 2002, a learned Full Bench of the Lahore High Court had dismissed the captioned writ petitions of petitioners Begum Kalsoom Nawaz and Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif arising out of Election Appeals assailing the validity of the rejection of their nomination papers in terms of judgment, dated 12-9- 2002. 2. After hearing Mr. Ashtar Ausaf Ali, Advocate Supreme Court representing both the petitioners and the learned Attorney-General for Pakistan at length, we are of the view that notwithstanding the respective pleas raised for and against the petitioners, only two days (8th and 9th of October, 2002) are left for holding of elections; the election process is in progress and more than 98% of the ballot-papers have been printed, therefore, on account of paucity of time, we would not like to interfere at this stage. Consequently, all these petitions are dismissed and leave to appeal declined accordingly.