Islamabad
\nPakistan\u2019s former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was on Wednesday barred by an election tribunal from contesting the July 25 general elections from Rawalpindi, a day after he was allowed to run for a seat from capital Islamabad.<\/p>\n
Abbasi had filed nominations for NA-53 Islamabad and NA-57 Rawalpindi. Initially, the election officials had rejected his nomination from Islamabad but accepted his bid from Rawalpindi.<\/p>\n
He had challenged his rejection from the capital in a special election tribunal of the Islamabad High Court, where his plea was accepted by judge Mohsin Akhtar Kayani yesterday.<\/p>\n
His rival candidate from NA-57 (Murree in Rawalpindi), Masood Abbasi had challenged his candidature in another tribunal led by judge Ibadur Rehman Lodhi.<\/p>\n
Masood had accused the former premier of tampering with the nomination papers and illegally occupying forest land in his native Murree city near Islamabad, among others.<\/p>\n
Justice Lodhi upheld some of the objections against the former prime minister while his lawyer argued that Abbasi\u2019s nomination papers were same as the one filed for the NA-53 constituency in Islamabad, which had been already accepted, according to court officials.<\/p>\n
Abbasi, who was appointed as premier after Nawaz Sharif was disqualified by the Supreme Court in July last year, can now appeal in a three-member Bench of the Lahore High Court against the tribunal\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Justice Kayani today accepted the nomination papers of Pakistan-Tehreek-i-Insaaf chief Imran Khan from NA-53 constituency, against former premier Abbasi.<\/p>\n
Khan\u2019s nomination papers were rejected by the Returning Officer, following which he had filed an appeal in the election tribunal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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