Election eligibility: Court summons Sharifs on June 18

Lahore High Court full bench has summoned Mian Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif on June 18 on a petition filed against allowing Sharifs to contest election. The full bench after hearing the petition issued notices to Sharif brothers.The court asked the petitioner’s counsel whether the petition could be maintainable after the election commission’s notification about election of Mian Shahbaz Sharif. The court further inquired whether petitioner Khurram Shah was eligible to file petition against Shahbaz Sharif. The court however didn’t grant the pleas requesting orders prohibiting Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif from contesting the elections till further court orders.