Musharraf's rival candidates moved the SC challenging his bid to seek a new 5-year term in uniform, days after the apex court dismissed opposition petitions .
ISLAMABAD: Pervez Musharraf's rival candidates in the October six Presidential poll on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging his bid to seek a new five-year term in uniform, four days after the apex court dismissed a slew of opposition petitions and upheld the General's eligibility to contest the election.
Two petitions filed in the apex court on behalf of Wajeehuddin Ahmed, a former judge, and Makhdoom Amin Fahim, acting chief of ex-Premier Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), urge that Musharraf cannot contest election as he is still holding the post of the Army Chief.
It is also argued that the tenure of present Parliament and provincial assemblies expire in November and thus these assemblies cannot elect a president.
The petitions say that a presidential poll must be held after a new electoral college is put in place.
An army officer and government servant cannot stand in elections till two years after his retirement, they said, adding Musharraf cannot contest even if he sheds uniform now.
The petitions claim that Musharraf has violated his oath as President and Army Chief and misused the state machinery.
They describe the amendments carried out in election rules by the Chief Election Commissioner to enable Musharraf to contest the poll as unconstitutional.
The petitions urge the apex court to reject the nomination of Musharraf and put a stay on the presidential election till the the court delivers a final verdict.
They further request the court to stop Musharraf from contesting election in uniform.
The petitions come four days after the Supreme Court dismissed a slew of petitions filed by the opposition against Musharraf's re-election bid and upheld his eligibility to stand in Saturday's poll.
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