Eligible or not?: ECP to reply on ASWJ nomination
A petition alleged Farooqui not eligible to contest polls since he had delivered speeches to fuel sectarian violence.
A petition alleged Maulana Farooqui was not eligible to contest the polls since he had delivered speeches to fuel sectarian violence.
Syed Tasawar Ali Zaidi, the lawyer representing the leader, denied this. The tribunal also allowed 39 other candidates to contest election.
However, twelve petitions were dismissed and the tribunal upheld decisions made by the returning officers.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 13th, 2013.
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