LAHORE: (DNA) – Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday challenged an election tribunal’s decision disqualifying him under Article 62(i) (f) of the Constitution.

The appeal, against verdict authored by Justice Ibadur Rehman Lodhi filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) by Abbasi’s counsel Khawaja Tariq Rahim, asserts that the appellant tribunal’s jurisdiction only extended to approving or rejecting returning officer’s stance. “It cannot disqualify a candidate for life,” stresses the petition.

The former premier has prayed to the high court to set aside the verdict in NA-57 (Murree) by Justice Lodhi.

On Wednesday, the last day for the appellate tribunals to decide on appeals, the single-judge appellant tribunal issued a written order that noted that the former premier was “guilty of concealment of facts and withholding of the complete information from his voters.”