An election appellate tribunal on Saturday dismissed appeals of PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi against rejection of his nomination papers.
Justice Sardar Mohammad Sarfaraz Doggar heard appeals of Qureshi against returning officers decisions of rejecting his nomination papers from the National Assembly constituencies of NA-150 and NA-151 from Multan.
The tribunal dismissed his appeals for both NA constituencies. Appellate tribunal also dismissed Qureshi’s appeal against rejection of nomination papers from Punjab Assembly’s PP-218.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf vice chairman and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s nomination papers were rejected during scrutiny of papers.
While rejecting the nomination papers of Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his son Zain Qureshi, the returning officer had stated that No Dues Certificate was missing from the PTI leaders’ nomination papers.
Moreover, the returning officer also rejected the nomination papers of Shah Mehmood’s daughter Mehr Bano Qureshi and son Zain Qureshi from NA 151.
Meanwhile, Fawad Chaudhry’s wife, Hiba Chaudhry, has become ineligible to contest elections on the allegation of concealing financial details.
Hiba Chaudhry didn’t disclose the record about three foreign tours and nine bank accounts, says the returning officer.
The Election Tribunal upheld the objection against Hiba Chaudhry and disqualified her from contesting election from the provincial constituency of Jhelum.
The FIA and the State Bank of Pakistan presented the record of foreign tours and bank accounts in court.
Fawad’s approval orders for NA-60 and NA-61 nomination papers have also been withdrawn. Fawad Chaudhry has been summoned by court on Jan 9 for “hiding key financial details in the nomination papers.”
