In hot water: Decision on PML-N, TSH candidates expected today
Opponents of both nominees have filed reservations with returning officers.
TSH chief Baba Haider Zaman is facing objections for his alleged involvement in the April 12, 2010 riots against renaming of North West Frontier Province to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. PHOTO: Express/File
ABBOTABAD:
As scrutiny of nomination papers continues in Hazara, the decisions on objections raised against two key leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and Tehreek-e-Suba Hazara (TSH) are likely to be announced today (Saturday).
PML-N provincial president Pir Sabir Shah has been accused of violating the constitutional qualification of being truthful (sadiq) and honest (ameen) as he failed to provide the source of income for the $219,000 he has in his bank account.
TSH chief Baba Haider Zaman, on the other hand, is facing objections for his alleged involvement in the April 12, 2010 riots against renaming of North West Frontier Province to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P).
Sources in the election commission said Rizwan Saeed Mughal and Azhar Hussain, two candidates from PK-52 Haripur-IV, have filed similar objections with returning officer (RO) Qaisar Afridi against Sabir Shah, PML-N’s candidate for the same constituency.
They claimed the income and expenditure reports submitted by Shah have disparities. They also said the PML-N leader could not account for the source of income of the dollars in his account.
Iqbal Advocate, counsel for Rizwan Saeed Mughal, accused Shah of not being truthful and honest which is mandatory for a candidate under Article 62 and 63.
Responding to these allegations, Shah claimed the foreign currency was donations sent by his followers in Bangladesh. However, he could not satisfy the RO as he was unable to produce any proof.
Baba Haider Zaman is contesting from NA-17 Abbottabad-I, NA-18 Abbottabad-II and PK-48 Abbottabad-IV as a candidate of TSH. Muhammad Javed, a resident of Abbottabad, has filed objections against Zaman with all the three respective ROs.
Javed claimed Zaman was charged of involvement in the anti-renaming riots in Abbotabad two years ago, in which seven citizens were killed and over 100 wounded in clashes with the police. He alleged Zaman evaded legal action by using his political clout.
Zaman had reportedly been gifted two plots in Abbottabad which he sold at a higher price. District and Sessions Judge Abbottabad Arshad Khan has ordered that the case file for the April 2010 riots be presented in court on Saturday.
According to sources, the ROs have also fixed April 6 as the date for announcing their decision.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 6th, 2013.
As scrutiny of nomination papers continues in Hazara, the decisions on objections raised against two key leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and Tehreek-e-Suba Hazara (TSH) are likely to be announced today (Saturday).
PML-N provincial president Pir Sabir Shah has been accused of violating the constitutional qualification of being truthful (sadiq) and honest (ameen) as he failed to provide the source of income for the $219,000 he has in his bank account.
TSH chief Baba Haider Zaman, on the other hand, is facing objections for his alleged involvement in the April 12, 2010 riots against renaming of North West Frontier Province to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P).
Sources in the election commission said Rizwan Saeed Mughal and Azhar Hussain, two candidates from PK-52 Haripur-IV, have filed similar objections with returning officer (RO) Qaisar Afridi against Sabir Shah, PML-N’s candidate for the same constituency.
They claimed the income and expenditure reports submitted by Shah have disparities. They also said the PML-N leader could not account for the source of income of the dollars in his account.
Iqbal Advocate, counsel for Rizwan Saeed Mughal, accused Shah of not being truthful and honest which is mandatory for a candidate under Article 62 and 63.
Responding to these allegations, Shah claimed the foreign currency was donations sent by his followers in Bangladesh. However, he could not satisfy the RO as he was unable to produce any proof.
Baba Haider Zaman is contesting from NA-17 Abbottabad-I, NA-18 Abbottabad-II and PK-48 Abbottabad-IV as a candidate of TSH. Muhammad Javed, a resident of Abbottabad, has filed objections against Zaman with all the three respective ROs.
Javed claimed Zaman was charged of involvement in the anti-renaming riots in Abbotabad two years ago, in which seven citizens were killed and over 100 wounded in clashes with the police. He alleged Zaman evaded legal action by using his political clout.
Zaman had reportedly been gifted two plots in Abbottabad which he sold at a higher price. District and Sessions Judge Abbottabad Arshad Khan has ordered that the case file for the April 2010 riots be presented in court on Saturday.
According to sources, the ROs have also fixed April 6 as the date for announcing their decision.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 6th, 2013.