KARACHI: The Sindh High Court’s (SHC) Election Tribunal on Friday rejected the plea of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) seeking disqualification of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Miftah Ismail and allowed him to contest by-election in NA-249 Karachi constituency. The decision was announced on the petition filed by Insaf Lawyers Forum, challenging the approval of Miftah’s nomination papers for the election in NA-249. PTI leader’s counsel, Hasnain Ali, in his argument before the SHC election tribunal, said that Miftah did not submit details of his car and investment while submitting the nomination papers to contest the by-election. The tribunal, after hearing arguments from both sides, allowed Miftah to contest by-polls in NA-249. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had announced to hold the by-polls on April 29.

Source: Pakistan Today April 02, 2021 16:41 UTC