Tribunal upholds RO's ruling citing Imran's disqualification under Article 63 (1)(h) of the Constitution
Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan. PHOTO: EXPRESS
In a dramatic prelude to the February 8 elections, PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday hurdled past objections to his candidacy from NA-130 while incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan faced the sting of rejection on appeals against the dismissal of his nomination papers for two National Assembly seats.
The appellate election tribunals delivered what came as a “double-edged verdict”, granting a clean chit to the Sharif family, including Nawaz Sharif, while quashing appeals by the former premier Imran Khan, former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, along with his wife and son, Moonis Elahi, against the rejection of their nomination papers.
Two separate appellate tribunals upheld the ROs' decision to reject Imran nomination papers.
The PTI’s founding chairman faced the
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