Pakistan: Ban on former PM Nawaz Sharif lifted, will be able to contest elections again

Nawaz Sharif, the former and longest-serving Prime Minister of Pakistan (9 years, 3 different terms), has been in London for a long time. Nawaz was sentenced to jail in the corruption case, but Nawaz went to London for treatment and has been in London since then. There has been speculation about Nawaz's return to Pakistan for some time now. Amid speculations of Nawaz's return to Pakistan, he has got a big relief recently.

Nawaz's last term as Pakistan's PM ended in 2017. Imran Khan came to power in Pakistan. After some time something happened to Nawaz which he would not have even thought of. The court of Pakistan had imposed a lifetime ban on Nawaz to contest elections to become the PM of Pakistan again. But now Nawaz has got relief from that ban.

Recently, Pakistan's Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar told that by amending the country's electoral law, the ban on Nawaz not being able to contest elections for life has been abolished.

Due to the current situation in Pakistan, there is no possibility of holding general elections soon. But the exercise to bring Nawaz back into the politics of Pakistan has already started. At present, Nawaz's brother Shahbaz Sharif is the PM of Pakistan and he is trying to get his elder brother back in the politics of Pakistan.