KARACHI, Pakistan – Former Pakistani foreign minister Khawaja Asif will be allowed to contest a July 25 general election after the Supreme Court on Friday overturned his disqualification from politics, in a boost to the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party.
Asif, a staunch ally of ousted prime minister and PML-N founder Nawaz Sharif, was disqualified from parliament by a lower court in April as he was deemed not “honest” under a constitutional provision also used to oust Sharif.
Asif was removed for not declaring his employment and a source income from a United Arab Emirates (UAE) company, but the top court overturned the earlier ruling, which carried a lifetime ban from politics.
“God has granted mercy on a sinner like me, there is no count of God’s blessings. I am thankful to the judiciary,” Khawaja Asif tweeted shortly after the verdict was announced.
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