LAHORE, Jan 17 (APP):A Lahore High Court (LHC) full bench on Wednesday dismissed petitions, file
d by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder against rejection of his no
mination papers.
The three-member bench, headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi, announced the reserved verdict on the petitions and upheld decisions of returning officers and tribunal of rejecting his no
mination papers. The court had reserved its verdict on petitions after hearing detailed arguments of the parties, a day earlier.
The PTI founder, through his legal team, had filed the petitions against rejection of his no
mination papers for National Assembly constituencies NA-122 (Lahore) and NA-89 (Mianwali).The petitions stated that the returning officers and appellate tribunal rejected the no
mination papers contrary to the facts. The court was requested to set aside the decisions of the returning officers and tribunal and allow the PTI founder to contest elections.
