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By B. Muralidhar Reddy
The statement of the Minister has come a day after the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, told a panel of editors in an interview that the "law of the land" would take its course if the two former Prime Ministers decide to return to Pakistan and take part in the promised October general elections. Gen. Musharraf had also said in the interview that a proposal to disqualify any person from holding the office of the Prime Minister for a third term was under consideration. Such a law would affect both Ms. Bhutto and Mr. Sharif. "Sections 62 and 63 of the Constitution clearly say that a person convicted by a court of law stands disqualified to contest elections," Dr. Ranja, said while answering a question at a seminar on the role of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in checking the abuse of power in all sectors. He said that under these clauses both heads of major political parties and former premiers stand disqualified as they had been convicted.
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