LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s candidate from NA-133 Jamshed Iqbal Cheema has approached an election tribunal against rejection of his nomination papers for by-election in the constituency.

Cheema, through his counsel Mubeenuddin Qazi, submits that the returning officer (RO) rejected his papers contrary to facts. He says the RO took a ground that the proposer of the appellant was not from the same constituency which is not factually correct.

He argues that the proposer is very much resident of the appellant’s constituency but the defect is in the record of the Election Commission due to a misplaced census circle.

The counsel states that the RO has failed to appreciate that the appellant’s case is not a case of defect in the nomination papers but a case of defect in the record of the ECP. Therefore, he asks the tribunal to set aside the decision of the RO and allow the appellant to contest the by-poll to be held on Dec 5.

Published in Dawn, November 4th, 2021