Counting has begun for the election which will be the second democratic transition of power in the nation's 70-year history.
Decision will be taken in second democratic transition of power in the nation's 70-year chequered history.
Sharif, the PML-N prime ministerial candidate, said that Pakistan cannot become a great nation by voting leaders like Imran Khan who have made false promises to "our nation".
The EU too urged Pak to ensure "safe and secure conditions" for the polls.
The court also refused to suspend the conviction in the case until the appeals were decided.
Pakistan's memorial will be in response to pleadings filed by India in the Hague-based ICJ on April 17.
The court delivered the verdict after postponing it for four times in the Avenfield corruption case -- pertaining to the ownership of four flats in the posh Avenfield House in London.
The placement on to grey list could hurt Pakistan's economy as well as its international standing.
Currently placed on the FATF'S 'grey list', Pakistan has been scrambling in recent months to avoid being added to a list of countries deemed non-compliant with anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regulations by the FATF.
The decision was taken after the ECP again dismissed the MML's application for registration on Wednesday.
The interior ministry had opposed enlisting of the MML as a political party, arguing that it is an offshoot of the banned JuD.
Mulk, 67, is likely to be sworn in on Friday, June 1.
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif now unable to hold public or party office after the verdict.
"Repeating a lie doesn't turn it into the truth," the spokesperson was quoted as saying by Dawn.
A five-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar, gave the unanimous verdict on several identical petitions pertaining to the duration of disqualification of a politician under Article 62(1)(f) of the Pakistan Constitution, reported Samaa TV.
The powerful military establishment, which enjoys considerable influence over policy decisions in Pakistan, was also on board to ban JuD and other terror groups.
The list -- which has 139 entries from Pakistan -- identifies all those individuals who have lived in Pakistan, operated from there or have been associated with groups that used Pakistani territory for carrying out their operations.
Malala was dressed in Pakistani salwar kameez and dupatta. She was smiling and looked happy as he was greeted at the airport.
Pakistan Peoples Party chief Bhutto, 54, was killed in a suicide attack in Rawalpindi shortly after she had addressed an election rally on December 27, 2007.
IS, especially active in northern Sindh and Balochistan, was also behind the abduction and killing of two Chinese nationals last year.
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