File photo of PTI chairman Imran Khan. PHOTO: AFP
Earlier, Imran Khan had submitted nomination papers for NA-126 as well, but has withdrawn from the Lahore constituency.
Khan will now contest elections for five national assembly seats from the constituencies NA-1 (Peshawar-II), NA-56 (Rawalpindi-VII), NA-71 (Mianwali-I), NA-122 (Lahore-V), NA-125 (Lahore-VIII).
The ECP started scrutiny of the nomination papers from April 1.
For the first time in Pakistan’s history, three of the country’s top institutions – State Bank of Pakistan, National Accountability Bureau and Federal Board of Revenue – will screen candidates’ backgrounds for criminal conviction, loan default, tax evasion and other financial irregularities.
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