{"id":42000,"date":"2023-12-31T03:58:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T03:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pti-calls-rejection-of-nomination-papers-state-terrorism\/"},"modified":"2023-12-31T03:58:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T03:58:05","slug":"pti-calls-rejection-of-nomination-papers-state-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pti-calls-rejection-of-nomination-papers-state-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"PTI calls rejection of nomination papers \u2018state terrorism\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u2022 Omar Ayub alleges \u2018status quo forces\u2019 resorting to underhanded tactics
\u2022 Barrister Gohar says ECP failed to perform its constitutional duties<\/strong><\/p>\n

ISLAMABAD: The PTI decried on Saturday the rejection of the nomination papers of several of its election candidates, including Murad Saeed and Sahibzada Sibghatullah.<\/p>\n

PTI\u2019s Secretary General Omar Ayub Khan has branded these rejections as \u201cpolitically motivated\u201d, accusing the \u201cforces of status quo\u201d of resorting to underhanded tactics because they lacked the courage to face the PTI in a free and fair election.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued on Saturday, Mr Ayub warned that such \u201cpre-poll rigging\u201d threatened the transparency of the election process, potentially exacerbating political instability and undermining national unity.<\/p>\n

He condemned the rejection of the nomination papers of several PTI candidates, including Murad Saeed, Sahibzada Sibghatullah, Dr Amjad Khan, Fazal Hakim Khan, Mian Sharafat and Salimur Rahman.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had already predicted that ROs [returning officers] would reject PTI candidates\u2019 nomination papers on flimsy grounds. More rejections of PTI candidates\u2019 nomination papers by under-pressure ROs are expected. These ROs \u2018software\u2019 has been duly \u2018updated,\u2019\u201d he said in a statement issued on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

He claimed that the forces of status quo represented by parties like the PML-N, PPP, JUI-F and MQM-Pakistan could not face the PTI in a free and fair election and were resorting to these tactics.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese parties should have the courage to contest against PTI in a free and fair election so that a government emerges as per the will of the people that can steer the country out of its current nightmare,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Ayub also reacted to the arrest of Umar Dar<\/a>, the brother of former PTI leader Usman Dar, and described it as an \u201cenforced disappearance\u201d, linking it to a broader pattern of targeting PTI affiliates.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is Usman Dar\u2019s brother who was himself an enforced disappearance until his forced interview was telecast.<\/p>\n

He is the son of Rehana Dar sahiba<\/em>, who has submitted her nomination papers from Sialkot to contest against [PML-N leader] Khawaja Asif,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n

He said that Shaheed Maj Gen Sanaullah Khan\u2019s brother, former DIG Rehmatullah Khan, and his other brother, Madad Khan, were also arrested in Mianwali.<\/p>\n

\u2018Murder of democracy\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, PTI\u2019s Central Informa\u00adtion Secretary Raoof Hasan has also called on the Supreme Court to intervene, labelling the state\u2019s interference in the election process as \u201copen state terrorism\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way the state apparatus, led by a disgraceful ECP and CEC, has first obstructed the submission of papers and then manoeuvred to have the nomination papers of PTI candidates rejected on fake and flimsy grounds speaks volumes of the fraudulent elections that we are headed for,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Hasan lamented that the entire world was watching the \u201cscene of the murder of democracy\u201d at the hands of the state machinery in Pakistan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is yet time to let sanity return to the fold and take steps to ensure the holding of free, fair and inclusive elections to facilitate a genuinely elected government, which is fully mandated by the people, to take over,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, PTI leader Barrister Gohar Khan said, \u201cToday [Saturday], the first step towards general elections (scrutiny of nomination forms for general seats) is coming to an end.<\/p>\n

But up and down the country, the state machinery is in full swing against PTI\u2019s candidates whose proposers and seconders or they themselves are being openly harassed, assaulted and pushed back from ROs\u2019 offices.\u201c<\/p>\n

He pointed out that this was the worst kind of misuse of authority and abuse of process, as it was a flagrant failure of the ECP in performing its constitu-tional duties.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe strongly condemn and deplore this,\u201d he said, urging PTI workers and supporters to stay steadfast until Feb 8, the scheduled date for general elections.<\/p>\n

Published in Dawn, December 31st, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2022 Omar Ayub alleges \u2018status quo forces\u2019 resorting to underhanded tactics\u2022 Barrister Gohar says ECP failed to perform its constitutional duties ISLAMABAD: The PTI decried on Saturday the rejection of the nomination papers of several of its election candidates, including Murad Saeed and Sahibzada Sibghatullah. 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