Acceptance of Vawda’s Senate papers challenged

KARACHI: An appeal has been filed against the acceptance of the nomination papers of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf leader Faisal Vawda for the forthcoming Senate elections before the SHC election tribunal.

Appellant Qadir Khan Mandokhel submitted in the petition that the returning officer accepted PTI MNA Faisal Vawda’s nomination papers without proper appreciation of facts and law. The appellant submitted that Vawda had misdeclared about his properties, assets and dual nationality in his nomination paper at the time of the general election 2018 as such he cannot be considered to be “Sadiq and Ameen” in terms of Article 62 of the Constitution.

Mandokhel submitted that nomination papers of the PTI leader should have not been entertained as Vawda is still a MNA.