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Pakistan court allows former PM Ashraf to contest polls

AFP – A Pakistani court on Monday allowed former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to contest May 11 polls, striking down a disqualification order by an election tribunal, his lawyer said. Ashraf, a candidate for the outgoing governing Pakistan People’s Party, was earlier this month prevented from standing.