LHC sustains objection on petition for restoration of Nawaz as PML-N president.

LAHORE -- The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday sustained an office objection to a petition filed for restoration of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif as president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). The LHC registrar office had questioned the maintainability of the petition, saying that the petition could not be entertained by the high court as the former prime minister was disqualified by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Justice Ali Baqar Najafi took up the petition as an objection case and sustained the objection after hearing arguments of petitioner-counsel.

Advocate Afaq Ahmad had filed...