MQM files application seeking disqualification of Sharif brothers

The legal war between the main opposition PML-N and key allies in the ruling coalition, the MQM, further intensified yesterday when an MQM lawmaker filed an application in the Supreme Court, calling for the Sharif brothers and their relatives to be declared ineligible to contest the upcoming general elections.
The application registered in the SC’s Karachi registry by MQM MNA Advocate Iqbal Qadri calls for a probe into alleged irregularities in the Sharif family’s property both in and outside Pakistan. The petition also asks the court to make public the facts of decades-old bank loans that were written off, making both the State Bank of Pakistan and the NAB parties in the case.
The Lahore High Court is hearing applications seeking quashment of 3 corruption references relating to the Hudaibya Paper Mills, Ittefaq Foundries and Raiwind assets – made by NAB against PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif and his relatives. As per NAB, the Sharif family is a defaulter of Rs3.8 billion in among the 3 corruption references against it.