SC to take up election disputes today

Supreme Court will take up today ten appeals related to electoral disputes.

A three-member bench led by Justice Aminuddin Khan will hear these appeals, starting at 9:30am. The bench also includes Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb.

The scheduled cases include Aqeel Aslam's petition regarding alleged rigging in PP-182. There are separate petitions by Muhammad Rafiq and Ali Imran regarding delimitation.

Ghazanfar Rasool and Major (retd) Faisal Aziz have filed separate petitions challenging the rejection of their nomination papers and Sarbuland Khan and Saleh Bhutani have filed separate petitions seeking recounting of votes.

There is a petition by Malik Ashraf Khan challenging the election results under Form 47. There is also a petition by Muhammad Shehbaz regarding dual nationality and its impact on his candidacy.