Senate polls: PTI raises objection over nomination papers of PML-N's Pervaiz Rashid
Pervaiz Rashid had provided misleading statements in his nomination papers: PTI
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday has recorded objections over the nomination papers of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Pervaiz Rashid submitted for Senate polls.
The PTI representative has told that Pervaiz Rashid had filed his nomination papers for general seat, however, he had also mentioned about technocrat seat in his affidavit.
PML-N candidate had provided misleading statements in his nomination papers. He was found guilty in a case pertaining to leaking the secrets of institutions, the PTI representative further stated.
Earlier, PTI’s Fareed Rehman had challenged nomination papers of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and joint candidate of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) for Senate elections, Yousaf Raza Gillani.
Fareed Rehman had accused the ex-PM of concealing the facts. Yousaf Raza Gillani had not mentioned his sentence in contempt of court case in his nomination papers, he added.
The PTI member further said that Gillani didn’t fulfill the requirement of Article 62 of the Constitution.
On the other hand, ECP has started the process of scrutiny of nomination papers submitted by the candidates for the Senate elections.
A total of 170 candidates have filed their nomination papers in the ECP for the elections on 48 seats in the upper house of the Parliament. 29 candidates from Punjab, 39 from Sindh, 51 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 41 from Balochistan and 10 from the federal capital Islamabad have submitted their details.
The candidates can file appeals against acceptance or rejection of nomination papers on February 20 and the last date for disposing of these appeals is February 23.
The revised list of candidates will be published on February 24. The candidates can withdraw their nomination papers on February 25.
Polling on 48 seats will be held on the 3rd of next month at the Parliament house in Islamabad and the four provincial assemblies.
