Plea to reject Aseefa Bhutto’s nomination papers dismissed

Liaquat Ali

Karachi: The Sindh High Court (SHC) this week once again dismissed the petition seeking to reject the nomination papers of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Member of National Assembly, Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, for NA-207 Shaheed Benazirabad, deeming it inadmissible.

In its judgment, the SHC stated that the disqualification of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) candidate for NA-207 Ghulam Mustafa Rind was justified on valid grounds.

The judgment further stated that the nomination papers of the PTI candidate opposing Aseefa were rejected due to non-payment of an electricity bill.

“The allegations raised by the petitioner in the application were once again found to be baseless. Despite repeated instructions and warnings from the court, the petitioner failed to settle the electricity arrears”, stated the verdict.

The bench further added that during the court proceedings, the petitioner’s counsel failed to provide a satisfactory explanation.

“Despite seeking remedy from the Election Tribunal, the petitioners failed to pay the electricity bill. Now, they only claimed that the reference number of the bill was allegedly incorrect”, said the judgment.