ISLAMABAD: In a setback to bigwigs, Pakistan's election commission on Tuesday rejected the nomination papers of former prime minister and PML-N chief Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Imran Khan for the NA-53 constituency of Islamabad.
The nomination papers of Abbasi and his masking candidate Sardar Mehtab Khan for NA-53 have been rejected by the returning officer after the candidates failed to fill the affidavit as per the requirements, Dawn reported.
According to the returning officer, Abbasi had no longer submitted whole tax returns together with his documents both.
The candidates have vowed to problem the decision within the election tribunal on Wednesday.
Khan's nomination papers for the same constituency have been rejected on account of being incomplete.
His nomination papers have been challenged previous this month by Pakistan Justice and Democratic Party candidate Abdul Wahab Baloch, who contended that Khan did not fulfill the criterion below articles 62 and 63 at the factor of Sita White and her daughter Tyrian.
Although the returning officer rejected Baloch's objections against Khan's candidature, he grew to become down the PTI leader's papers announcing he had submitted an incomplete affidavit as authorized by the Supreme Court.
The officer mentioned that Imran Khan had no longer filled a column within the affidavit in which he was once required to describe his efficiency as an Member of National Assembly (MNA).
Khan had served as MNA from NA-56 Rawalpindi.
There had been resentment in his constituency as he allegedly never visited it right through his five-year term in spite of dwelling in Banigala only a few kilometres away, the paper mentioned.
The nomination papers of Abbasi and his masking candidate Sardar Mehtab Khan for NA-53 have been rejected by the returning officer after the candidates failed to fill the affidavit as per the requirements, Dawn reported.
According to the returning officer, Abbasi had no longer submitted whole tax returns together with his documents both.
The candidates have vowed to problem the decision within the election tribunal on Wednesday.
Khan's nomination papers for the same constituency have been rejected on account of being incomplete.
His nomination papers have been challenged previous this month by Pakistan Justice and Democratic Party candidate Abdul Wahab Baloch, who contended that Khan did not fulfill the criterion below articles 62 and 63 at the factor of Sita White and her daughter Tyrian.
Although the returning officer rejected Baloch's objections against Khan's candidature, he grew to become down the PTI leader's papers announcing he had submitted an incomplete affidavit as authorized by the Supreme Court.
The officer mentioned that Imran Khan had no longer filled a column within the affidavit in which he was once required to describe his efficiency as an Member of National Assembly (MNA).
Khan had served as MNA from NA-56 Rawalpindi.
There had been resentment in his constituency as he allegedly never visited it right through his five-year term in spite of dwelling in Banigala only a few kilometres away, the paper mentioned.
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