ECP issues list of rejected Senate candidates among prominent PTI leaders
ISLAMABAD, (NNI): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Wednesday rejected the nomination papers of the prominent leaders and former ministers of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) including Azam Swati, Murad Saeed, Zulfi Bukhari and Sanam Javed for the Senate election scheduled on April 02.
Nomination papers submitted by several Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders have been rejected.
PUNJAB: Out of 21 candidates vying for 12 seats for Punjab, papers of 7 have been rejected.
Zulfi Bukhari's nomination was rejected due to dual nationality, although he has applied to renounce his British citizenship.
Zulfi Bukhari has submitted the application to ECP renouncing his British nationality along with a letter written to British Interior.
Meanwhile, Sanam Javed's papers were dismissed for having a joint account with his father, rendering him ineligible.
Meanwhile, the nomination papers of Ishaq Dar, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, Raja Ansar Mehmood, Rana Mehmoodul Hassan and Farzand Hussain Shah have been accepted.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Nomination papers filed by 42 candidates for Senate seats, 30 have been validated while 12 were rejected.
On general seats, nomination papers of Murad Saeed, Khurram Zeeshan, Masudur Rehman, Asif Iqbal, Muhammad Naseem, Sajjad Hussain, Ahmed Mustafa have been rejected.
However, Azam Swati and Dr. Hammad Mehmood Cheema's papers for the technocrat seat were rejected. Hamida Shahid's nomination papers for women reserved seats were rejected.
The Provincial election commission said that the PTI's Khurram Zeeshan failed to declare his assets as nine nomination papers of the candidates for general seats rejected.
According to the election schedule appeals can be filed against approval or rejection of nomination papers up to March 21. The election tribunals will decide appeals by March 25.
A revised list of candidates will be released on March 26. Candidates can withdraw their nomination papers till March 27.
ECP has accepted the nomination papers of 16 candidates on general seats and 8 for technocrat. The number of candidates nomination papers accepted on women reserved seats are 6.
Sindh: ECP accepted nomination papers from 34 candidates, with 17 from Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and 8 each from PTI and MQM-P.
Faisal Vawda's papers as an independent candidate were accepted, while MQM's Najeeb Haroon's nomination was unsuccessful.
Balochistan: Out of 28 nomination papers submissions, 10 were rejected, including those of Syedal Khan Nasir and Bilal Madokhel.
ECP has announced that candidates whose nominations were rejected can file petitions in election tribunals until March 21. ECP has announced the schedule of Senate election on 48 seats on March 14.