Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf's nomination papers for the July 25 general election were recently rejected. (File photo: Reuters)

Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has resigned as the chairman of All Pakistan Muslim League (AMPL), the party he founded in 2010, Geo News reported today.

The report comes weeks before the general election scheuled for July 25. And it comes three days after Musharraf's nomination papers, filed in Chitral district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, were rejected on the grounds that the Peshawar High Court barred him from contesting elections for life in 2013.

Geo News quoted AMPL's president, Mohammed Amjad, as saying he was picked to take over as chairman, and that it "was no longer possible" for Musharraf to "run the party from abroad".

But the Pakistani channel also said sources told it that Musharraf, who is 74, would continue to be the AMPL's "supremo".

Musharraf filed a plea against the Peshwar High Court's ban in Pakistan's Supreme Court, which allowed him to file nomination papers on the condition that he would appear before it on June 13.

When that didn't happen, the top court withdrew its permission.

Pakistani officials said the returning officer rejected Musharraf's nomination papers citing the court's order.

Inputs from the Press Trust of India

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