{"id":46085,"date":"2024-01-10T08:48:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T08:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pti-founder-declared-ineligible-to-contest-election-from-na-122\/"},"modified":"2024-01-10T08:48:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T08:48:03","slug":"pti-founder-declared-ineligible-to-contest-election-from-na-122","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pti-founder-declared-ineligible-to-contest-election-from-na-122\/","title":{"rendered":"PTI founder declared ineligible to contest election from NA-122"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LAHORE: An appellate tribunal of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday rejected former prime minister Imran Khan\u2019s appeal against the returning officer\u2019s (RO) decision to reject his nomination papers from the NA-122 constituency, ARY News reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Justice Tariq Nadeem upheld the RO\u2019s decision to reject Imran\u2019s nomination papers.<\/p>\n

Khan\u2019s nomination papers were rejected for a National Assembly constituency in Lahore and his hometown Mianwali on December 30, 2023.<\/p>\n

The development comes on the last day to dispose of appeals filed against acceptance or rejection of nomination papers for the February 8 general elections.<\/p>\n

On Dec 30, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) rejected nomination papers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder from two National Assembly constituencies \u2013 NA 122 (Lahore) and NA-89 (Mianwali).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe PTI founder has been convicted,\u201d the returning officer (RO) said while rejecting nomination papers of former prime minister.<\/p>\n

Mian Naseer of PML-N objected to Imran Khan\u2019s nomination papers, saying the former PM\u2019s seconder and proposer do not belong to NA-122, which is a legal requirement.<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0PTI founder\u2019s nomination papers from Lahore, Mianwali rejected<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

As per the verdict of RO, the nomination papers of the PTI founder from NA-122 were rejected due to his conviction in the Toshakhana case by an additional session judge. The former prime minister was disqualified for five years under Article 63\/1-F for corrupt practices, the verdict read.<\/p>\n

The RO in his detailed verdict said that objections raised by PTI leader Naseer Ahmed on the nomination papers of the PTI founder were found true and logical.<\/p>\n

Election symbols allotted<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the election symbols will be allotted to candidates on Jan 13 with polls for general election set at Feb 08.<\/p>\n

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) allotted election symbols to 145 political parties across Pakistan before general election 2024 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The election commission also allotted electoral symbols to 177 independent candidates contesting the general election 2024 on February 8.<\/p>\n

Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) retained its electoral symbol \u2018lion\u2019 and Pakistan People\u2019s Party Parliamentarian (PPPP) was given \u2018arrow\u2019 as its election symbol.<\/p>\n

The ECP allotted election symbols to PTI Nazriati, PTI-P, MLJ, PPP, IPP, JUI, JI, BNP, PAP, TLP and others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n