Tribunal declares Qureshi ineligible to contest polls

An appellate tribunal in Multan on Saturday declared Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi ineligible to contest in the upcoming general elections.

The former foreign minister’s petition against the rejection of his nomination papers by the local returning officer (RO) was rejected by an election tribunal.

Qureshi had filed an appeal earlier, challenging the RO’s decision.

On the other hand, the PTI vice chairman’s children, Zain Qureshi and Mehrbano Qureshi, were deemed eligible to contest from NA-150 and NA-151, respectively. Zain’s nomination papers for PP-218 were also approved.

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Speaking to the media, Qureshi’s lawyer announced that they would appeal against the rejection and approach the divisional bench.

It should be noted that Qureshi and his son’s nomination papers from Karachi were approved by the local RO. In addition, his papers from Umerkot, Sindh NA-214 were accepted as well.