ISLAMABAD - A legal group asked the Supreme Court to remove 68 mostly Islamic hard-line lawmakers, arguing they lacked the education for the job. The Justice Welfare Trust argued that 65 Islamic legislators and three other lawmakers, were "illegally occupying" their seats because they didn't have university degrees. The court agreed to hear the suit.
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Electoral reforms carried out by President Pervez Musharraf before elections in October required all candidates have a degree.
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Yet Musharraf accepted degrees from Islamic seminaries. The Justice Welfare Trust, a small left-leaning organization, argued that religious seminaries should not be considered universities and the legislators, who graduated from these seminaries, should be disqualified. |