Shahbaz cleared for PP-141

Published August 28, 2002

LAHORE, Aug 27: Mian Shahbaz Sharif’s name was cleared on Tuesday to contest the provincial seat PP-141, and his papers for the PP-142 and NA-119, would come up for scrutiny on 30th.

On the first day of the scrutiny of nomination papers, eight out of 13 returning officers started work and cleared the names of Imran Khan, Pervez Saleh, Akram Zaki, Humayun Akhtar, Haroon Akhtar, Mian Abdul Waheed, Farid Parcha, Pervez Malik, Ashraf Ijaz, Saad Rafiq and Abdur Rehman Lodhi.

Out of the 221 nominations papers filed in the city for the NA and 559 for PA, none was rejected on Tuesday.

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