ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Nomination papers of 298 candidates were rejected in the process of scrutiny by the Returning Officers on various reasons.

According to Election Commission for the general seats of the National Assembly 3,546 candidates filed their nomination papers out of them 298 were rejected.

Following is the province-wise detail of the nomination papers for the National Assembly after the scrutiny of the papers.

No Area Papers Filed Accepted Rejected

1 ISLAMABAD 51 47 4

2 PUNJAB 1706 1573 133

3 SINDH 916 848 68

4 NWFP 425 402 23

5 FATA 233 186 47

6 BALOCHISTAN 215 192 23

GRAND TOTAL 3546 3248 298

In the scrutiny of nomination papers for the general seats of the four provincial assemblies, out of total of 8,389 nomination papers filed for these seats, 740 were rejected while 7,649 were accepted by the Returning Officers.

Following is the province-wise detail of the nomination papers for the provincial assemblies after scrutiny.

No Area Papers Filed Accepted Rejected

1 PUNJAB 4109 3772 337

2 SINDH 2280 2056 224

3 N.W.F.P. 1125 1042 83

4 BALOCHISTAN 875 779 96

GRAND TOTAL 8389 7649 740

For the 60 reserved seats for the women in the National Assembly, 379 nominations papers were filed, out of which 20 were rejected.

Details of the nomination papers of women for their reserved seats after scrutiny.

No Area Papers Filed Accepted Rejected

1 ISLAMABAD 0 0 0

2 PUNJAB 209 197 12

3 SINDH 92 86 6

4 N.W.F.P. 49 49 0

5 FATA 0 0 0

6 BALOCHISTAN 29 27 2

GRAND TOTAL 379 359 20

For the 10 reserved seats for non-Muslim in National Assembly, 52 candidates filed their nomination papers, out of which four were rejected.

Reserved Seats for Non-Muslim in National Assembly

Papers Filed Accepted Rejected

52 48 4

For the reserved seats for women in the provincial assemblies, 913 nomination papers were filed and 51 were rejected.

Following is the detail of the nomination papers for the reserved seats for women in the provincial assemblies after scrutiny.

No Area Papers Filed Accepted Rejected

1 PUNJAB 476 453 23

2 SINDH 234 218 16

3 N.W.F.P. 131 129 2

4 BALOCHISTAN 72 62 10

GRAND TOTAL 913 862 51

For the reserved seats for Non-Muslims in the provincial assemblies, 248 candidates filed their nomination papers and 13 out of them were rejected in the scrutiny.

Following is the province wise detail of nomination papers filed by Non-Muslim for their reserved seats in the provincial assemblies.

No Area Papers Filed Accepted Rejected

1 Punjab 87 78 9

2 Sindh 96 95 1

3 N.W.F.P. 27 26 1

4 Balochistan 38 36 2

Grand Total 248 236 13

Applications can be filed against the acceptance and rejection of these nomination papers before the Tribunals already announced by the Election Commission till Sept 6.—APP