An election appellate tribunal on Thursday granting Awami Muslim League (AML) Chief Shiekh Rashid permission to contest the election declared RO’s verdict null and void.
Earlier, the RO rejected Sheikh Rashid’s nomination papers for the Rawalpindi Nationwide Meeting constituency NA-56, in addition to his nephew Rashid Shafique’s papers for NA-57.
Upon this, Mr Rashid introduced he would transfer the c ourt in opposition to the rejection of his nomination papers.
In a video message launched right here, the previous inside minister acknowledged that the returning officer referred to as him to the commissioner’s workplace on half an hour’s discover, scrutinised his nomination papers and made allegations that he didn’t pay for staying on the Murree rest-house. In accordance with Rashid, he has by no means stayed on the rest-house. However he stated that he was even able to pay for it.
RO Rawalpindi, Nazarat Ali, furnished Rashid with copies of objections on his nomination papers. “Sheikh Rashid omitted full particulars of his belongings,” objected the RO. “The worth of his declared belongings doesn’t align along with his investments,” the RO famous.
Moreover, “He didn’t declare earnings from 2021 to 2023 within the asset papers,” the RO added. One objection identified that Rashid was in default of the forest division’s Murree relaxation home invoice. He stayed on the relaxation home from September four to 9 in 2022 with out settling costs, in line with the objection. “There are arrears amounting to three,22,000 payable in opposition to him to the federal government,” one other objection highlighted.