Pak railway minister disqualified over rigging in 2013 polls

In a setback for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, an election tribunal in Pakistan today disqualified his confidant and Railway Minister for vote rigging in 2013 general elections and ordered re-poll in a constituency in Lahore from where he was elected.

The election tribunal announced the decision after hearing a case against Minister Khawja Saad Rafique who was elected from NA-125 constituency in Lahore.