The Supreme Court allowed PTI president Pervaiz Elahi to contest the election. The court accepted the appeal of Pervez Elahi and declared the decision to reject the nomination papers null and void and directed the name of Pervez Elahi, election symbol to be printed on the ballot paper.
A three-member bench headed by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah heard the appeal once morest the rejection of Parvez Elahi’s nomination papers, during which Pervez Elahi’s lawyer Ehsan Khokhar argued that we do not want to delay the election, my client’s copy of PP 32 Gujarat. To be allowed to contest the elections.
The court asked that how did you get access to the 10 marla plot paper? The lawyer said that the 10 marla plot document was received from the Patwari. Justice Athar said that do you want to say that the caretaker government is involved in this?
During the hearing, the court said that the voters should not be deprived of their right to vote, the duty of the returning officer is to facilitate and not to obstruct the elections. It is strange that all this is happening with the same political party. It means inclusion of people, not exclusion.
Justice Mansoor said that Article 17 says that no one can be prevented from election without valid reasons.
The court accepted the appeal of Pervez Elahi and declared the decision to reject the nomination papers null and void and directed to print the name of Pervez Elahi and the election symbol on the ballot paper. Adopted.
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2024-07-19 20:31:54