Objection raised against Bilawal's nomination papers for NA-127 Lahore

An objection was filed against the nomination papers of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday in the NA-127 constituency of Lahore for the upcoming general elections.

The objection noted that the former foreign minister was affiliated with the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) in his nomination papers while being the chairman of PPP.

Mohammad Ayaz, a resident of Lahore, submitted the objection to the concerned returning officer (RO).

Maintaining that the PPP and the PPPP are two different political parties with different party symbols, Ayaz, in his petition, informed that the ‘arrow’ was the PPP’s official symbol, whereas, the ‘sword’ was the parliamentarians’ symbol.

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“Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is the chairman of the PPP while, Asif Ali Zardari is the president of the PPPP,” the application said and added that as per the Election Act 2017, an individual could only be a candidate from one party.

“This is a violation of the Election Act,” the petition said.

According to the resident, the nomination papers of the PPP leader will be scrutinized on December 28.

It should be noted that the PPP chairman has also submitted his nomination papers for NA-194 Larkana, Sindh.

Yesterday, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif’s nomination papers for the NA-130 constituency of Lahore were accepted.