Lahore, Dec 8: Pakistan’s Attorney General Malik Muhammad Qayyum has urged the Election Commission to reconsider the nomination papers former premier Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif.

"I personally urge the EC to consider the Sharifs’ application and decide the case on merit, " he said.

Some government legal experts, asking not to be named, seconded Qayyum’s view.

Islamabad, Nov 10 : A state of emergency imposed by Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is likely to be lifted within one month, Attorney General Malik Qayyum has said.

Islamabad, Oct 30 : Pakistan’s Attorney General Malik Qayyum has said that the petitions challenging the acceptance of Pervez Musharraf’s nomination papers for the presidential election by the Elec