KARACHI, Aug 28: On the second day of scrutiny of nomination papers for 20 general seats of the National Assembly (NA) and 42 Sindh Assembly (PA) seats from the city, nine nominations of NA candidates and 12 of PA candidates were rejected.

Out of the total 382 nominations filed for 20 NA seats and 942 for 42 PA seats on Wednesday, 146 and 192 papers were scrutinized, and 137 and 173 were accepted respectively.

The scrutiny process of the remaining nominations for general seats in the NA and PA will continue till Sept 2. However, scrutiny of nominations filed for the 29 reserved seats for women in the Sindh assembly were completed on Wednesday, while nominations on 14 reserved NA seats for women will be taken up for scrutiny on Sept 1 in the presence of the candidates at the office of the provincial election commissioner, Sindh.

Scrutiny of the nine reserved seats for minorities in the Sindh assembly will be carried out on Friday at the PEC office in Saddar.

According to initial information gathered from different returning officers and assistant returning officers, most of the papers were rejected owing to the failure of meeting the educational qualifications. In some cases it was due to the age factor being under 25 years, and also if their proposer and seconders were not from the constituency.

It was also learnt that among those candidates whose papers for NA or PA seats were rejected on Wednesday, none of them were prominent.

From the city districts, a total of 1,345 candidates have initially fielded themselves against a total of 20 general seats of the national and Sindh assemblies, while for 14 reserved women’s seats in the national assembly from the province, 95 nominations were received. For 29 reserved women’s seats in the provincial assembly, a total of 240 nomination papers were filed, and against nine reserved seats for minorities in the Sindh assembly, 95 nominations were received.

Following are the details of the scrutiny of nomination papers: In district West, on four NA seats (from 239 to 242), 87 nominations were filed and on nine PA seats (from 89 to 97), 212 nominations were deposited. However on Wednesday, in all the constituencies — except NA 241 — out of 66 nominations, scrutiny of 29 papers was held, in which 3 were rejected.

Against nine PA seats out of 212 nominations filed, 41 papers were scrutinized and six were rejected.

In district Central, on five NA seats (from 243 to 247), 68 nominations were deposited, while on 10 PA seats (from 243 to 247), 170 nominations were submitted. On Wednesday, out of 26 NA papers which were scrutinized, two were rejected, while against 10 PA seats — out of 170 nominations — 40 papers were scrutinized and one was rejected.

In district South, on four NA seats (from 248 to 251), 99 nominations were filed, while on 7 PA seats (from 108 to 114), 176 papers were received. On the NA seats, out of 99 nominations, 56 were scrutinized and all were found to be in order for acceptance, while against 10 PA seats — out of 176 nominations — 41 papers were scrutinized and were found to be in order.

In district East, on five NA seats (from 252 to 256), 100 nominations were submitted, while on 12 PA seats (from 115 to 126), 280 papers were filed. In the scrutiny on Wednesday, out of 100 NA papers, 25 papers were scrutinized and three were rejected. Likewise, against 280 PA nominations, 43 were scrutinized and 12 were rejected.

In Malir district, on two NA seats (from 257 to 258), 49 nominations were submitted while on four PA seats from (127 to 130), 104 nomination papers were received. Out of 49 NA nominations, the scrutiny of seven papers was carried out, in which one was rejected. Against 104 PA nominations, the scrutiny of 15 papers was carried and all nominations were found in order.