KARACHI, Sept 4: Three candidates for election to the provincial assembly, including one belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, filed on Wednesday their appeals in the Sindh Election Appellate Tribunal against the rejection of their nomination papers.

The nomination papers of Mohammed Saeed Siddiqui of the Muttahida from PS-113 were rejected by the returning officer as he did not produce his original national identity card.

The others whose nomination papers were rejected are: Amir Abdur Razzak of the Pakistan Freedom Party from PS-90 and Mir Mohammed, an independent candidate for PS-60.

The nomination papers of Razzak were rejected as he was found underage according to his NIC. However, he took pleas that his actual age was 26 and his NIC carried his incorrect age.

The papers of the Mir Mohammed were rejected as he failed to establish his educational qualification. He submitted that he had studied at a madressah and his certificates were equivalent to a university degree.

The concerned returning officers were put on notice for 7th by the deputy registrar of the Sindh High Court.

The election tribunal, established on Tuesday, has, so far, received six appeals against the decisions of the returning officers.

The Election Commission had on Tuesday set up two election tribunals for disposal of the appeals against the decisions of returning officers rejecting or accepting the nomination papers of the candidates for election to the national and the provincial assemblies in Sindh.

One of the tribunals comprised Justice Mohammed Roshan Esani and Justice Mohammed Moosa K. Leghari, and the other consisted Justice Syed Sarwar Hussain Jafferi and Justice Muhammed Sadiq Leghari.

Three appeals were filed by the candidates with the election tribunal in Karachi on the first day. One of the appeal was filed by NA-253 candidate Shaikh Irfan Aziz of PPP (Shaheed Bhutto) and two appeals by PS-61 and 118 candidates Babu Lachmandas Meghwar and Khwaja Habibullah of Millat Party.

Meanwhile, the Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court has nominated the officers of high court to receive appeals on behalf of the appellate tribunals, adds APP.

Deputy Registrar, Judicial, High Court of Sindh, Karachi will receive appeals about Karachi, City, Hyderabad, Dadu, Badin, Thatta, Mirpurkhas, Tharparkar, Sanghar districts.

The deputy registrar will also receive appeals about seats reserved for the non-Muslims and women in the National Assembly from Sindh and Provincial Assembly of Sindh.

Deputy Registrar at Sukkur will receive appeals about Sukkur, Khairpur, Ghotki, Nawabshah, Naushero Feroze, Larkana, Shikarpur, Jacobabad.