Senate by-election for Balochistan seat scheduled for October 18
The seat fell vacant after the Balochistan High Court (BHC) disqualified Mir Muhammad Rind in August this year for concealing information at the time of contesting the 2009 senate elections. He had concealed that he was convicted of corruption and misappropriation by an accountability court.
Rind has filed a nomination for the seat again after the Sindh Court ruled against the BHC’s verdict and allowed him to contest the polls.
Earlier, Rind had evaded court notices for two years and had appeared before the BHC in July this year. After the high court’s decision, Rind filed a review appeal in the Supreme Court against his disqualification.
On September 19, the apex court had observed that a person stands automatically disqualified once he has been awarded punishment by a court.
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""Rind has filed a nomination for the seat again after the Sindh Court ruled against the BHC’s verdict and allowed him to contest the polls""" SO WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE ENTIRE EXERCISE..