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Nominations of Sharifs accepted
Tahir Rashid/Salim Ahmed
Rawalpindi—Returning Officers of the constituencies NA- 52 and PP-10
have accepted the nomination papers of former Prime Minister Mian
Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and his brother, President PML (N) Shahbaz
Sharif respectively.
According to details candidate of PML (Q) from NA- 52, Raja Nasir
has filed four objections on Nawaz Sharif’s nomination papers that
ex- PM has not shown his real assets to Returning Officer. Secondly,
he has been convicted in the plane conspiracy case by the court of
law. Thirdly, he is defaulter of banks. Moreover, he has committed
the contempt of court in his recent statements. As evidences, Raja
presented a CD and news clippings in support of his objections.
Ashter Ausaf Advocate, counsel of Nawaz Sharif, appeared before the
Returning Officer and Additional District and Session Judge, Rana
Masood Akhter to defend PML (N) leader.
He told the Returning Officer that CD is not accepted as evidence in
the courts. He said that the opponent of his client did not provide
any proof, which could establish that Nawaz Sharif is bank
defaulter. He pleaded that the leader of PML (N) Nawaz Sharif has
never uttered a single word against the judiciary but actually, he
always spoke about the supremacy of law.
After hearing the arguments, the RO, Rana Masood rejected the
objections and accepted the nomination papers of Nawaz Sharif to
contest the elections from NA-52 Rawalpindi. Similarly, the
nomination papers of Captain (Retired) Safdar, son-in-law of Nawaz
Sharif has also accepted from the same constituency.
Returning Officer NA-55 AD&SJ, Khalid Ranjha has also accepted the
nomination papers of former minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, President
Supreme Court Bar Association, Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, Sarfaraz
Nawaz, Ijaz Khan Jazi, Abduallah Butt and Tariq Kiyani from NA- 55
Rawalpindi.
The returning officers have also accepted the nomination papers
filed by the Pakistan Muslim League-N Quaid, Nawaz Sharif, for
contesting by-election from NA-123 and the PML-N President and
former chief minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif for PP-154.
The scrutiny of nomination papers for by-election’ on 38 seats of
national and provincial assemblies was continued on the second day
on Thursday.
The returning officer announcing his decision on the objections of
rival candidates against the nomination papers of Nawaz Sharif
accepted the nomination of the former prime minister.
The nomination papers of PML-N covering candidates from NA-123 Hamza
Shahbaz, Zaeem Qadri, Pakistan Muslim League (Q) candidate Akhlaq
Guddu, independent candidates Noor Illahi, Riaz Gujjar and Ashraf
Jahangir were also accepted.
Nomination papers of Pakistan Muslim League-N President Mian Shahbaz
Sharif to contest election from Lahore provincial constituency
PP-154 were also accepted by the returning officer.
According to information, the nominations of President Supreme Court
Bar Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan and former federal minister Shaikh Rashid
to contest elections from NA-55 Rawalpindi, were also accepted.
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