Imran Khan out of election race as LHC turns down plea for nomination papers

• Lahore Excessive Courtroom upholds RO and appellate tribunal’s selections.
• Imran was eyeing to contest elections from NA-122 and NA-89.
• 3-member bench headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi points order.

LAHORE: The Lahore Excessive Courtroom (LHC) has turned down Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s attraction towards the rejection of nomination papers for the February 8 common elections.

The excessive court docket upheld the choices of the returning officer (RO) and appellate tribunal given towards acceptance of the disqualified former premier’s nomination papers from NA-122 and NA-89 constituencies.

A 3-member bench headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi heard the plea on Wednesday.

In his plea, Khan said that his nomination papers had been rejected by the RO and appellate tribunal in distinction with the info, due to this fact, he needs to be granted permission to contest forthcoming polls.

After listening to arguments from each side, the LHC bench rejected the politico’s attraction and upheld the earlier selections.

The ousted prime minister had filed his nomination papers from Lahore’s NA-122 and Mianwali’s NA-89 constituencies.

Furthermore, the excessive court docket additionally heard a collection of petitions filed by different PTI bigwigs to problem the rejection of their nominations.

The bigger bench additionally dismissed the appeals filed by PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi, PTI Secretary Common Hammad Azhar, PTI chief Latif Khosa’s son Khurram Latif Khosa and PTI activist Sanam Javaid.

The event comes as a serious blow to the occasion whose management is going through a plethora of circumstances — particularly pertaining to the Could 9 riots — with senior leaders, together with Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi and others, behind bars.