KARACHI: As many as eight appeals have been filed against the decisions of the returning officer (RO) over acceptance and rejection of the Senate nomination papers from Sindh province.
The appeals were filed before the appellate bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC).
An appeal was filed against the acceptance of PTI’s Faisal Vawda’s nomination from a general seat by Qadir Khan Madokhail while two appeals were filed against another PTI candidate on technocrat seat Saifullah Abro by GM Khan and Shahid Ali.
An appeal was filed against PPP candidate Palwasha Khan by Indus Lawyers Forum’s Aaquib Rajpar.
The Senate nomination of MQM-P candidate, Shahab Imam was also confronted by a person named Tufail before the appellate bench of the SHC.
MQM-P’s Rauf Siddiqui and Syed Khizer Ali Zaidi and Yashaullah Khan Afghan of the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) also challenged the returning officer’s decisions before the court against the rejection of their nominations.
With input from INP
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