AMN / ISLAMABAD
Ousted Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif has been elected unopposed as president of the Pakistan Muslim League(N) today. Yesterday, President Mamnoon Hussain signed the controversial Election Act 2017 into law after the bill was cleared by the lower house within minutes amidst ugly scenes. The law was passed to allow the party to re-elect the disqualified former prime minister as party chief.
Members of PML-N’s Central Working Committee (CWC) also approved an amendment to the party constitution, removing the bar on disqualified members from contesting the election to any party office. Sharif had relinquished the position of PML-N chief after his ouster from power under the July 28 verdict of the Supreme Court in the Panama Papers case.