NA-120 by-poll: Yasmin Rashid, Kulsoom Nawaz summoned
ECP has summoned the NA-120 by-election candidates to check their nomination papers
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) summoned the nominees of NA-120 by-election to check their nomination papers.
PML-M candidate Kulsoom Nawaz and PTI candidate Yasmin Rashid have been summoned by the returning officer on August 16 and August 17 respectively. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) have submitted their objections on Kulsoom Nawaz’s nomination papers.
PPP candidate Faisal Mir stated that PML-N’s registration expired in ECP after disqualification of Nawaz Sharif in Panama case and no one can contest elections under their party name. PAT candidate Advocate Ishtiaq Chaudhry said in his reservations that Kulsoom Nawaz didn’t attach Iqama (foreign work permit) in her nomination papers, hence she is now ineligible to take part in the election.
Meanwhile, Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) backed Milli Muslim League (MML) has opposed the PML-N candidate for NA-120 by-election and decided to announced their own candidate. As many as 65 candidates have submitted their nomination papers for the NA-120 seat, which fell vacant after the ouster of Nawaz Sharif.
