PTI leader Jamshed Cheema and his wife have failed to convince the Election Tribunal through their counsel against rejection of their nomination papers for NA-133.
LAHORE: (UrduPoint/Pakistan Point News-Nov 5th, 2021) An election Tribunal on Friday rejected the appeal of PTI leader Jamshed Cheema and his wife Mussarat Jamshed Cheema challenging decision of a Returning Officer against their nomination papers for NA-133.
Tribunal head Justice Shahid Jameel of the Lahore High court announced the verdict.
PTI leader Jamsheed Cheema and his wife Musarrat Jamshed Cheema had challenged decision of the Returning Officer regarding rejection of thier nomination papers for NA-133.
Both Cheema and his wife had mentiioned the same proposer who did not belong to the Constituency of NA-133. Under the law, it is mandatory that the proposer should be from the same constituency of the candidate going to contest election.
PML-N leader Naseer Bhutta had challenged the nomination papers of Cheema and his wife and said that they both mentioned the proposer who did not belong to the same constituency of NA-133. He asked the RO to reject their nomination papers for committing violation of the law.
After hearing arguements of both sides, the Returning Officer rejected nomination papers of both Cheema and his wife Musarrat Jamshed Cheema. But they challenged the decision before the Election Tribunal of the Lahore High Court and said that the proposer belonged to the same constituency.
However, the Election Tribunal after hearing arguments of both sides rejected nomination papers of Cheema and his wife.
