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Tuesday, 16 April 2013

Pervez Musharraf out of Pakistan election race

Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf's aim of contesting the May 11 polls suffered a major setback on Tuesday with the rejection of his candidature in all four parliamentary constituencies for which he had filed nomination.

Musharraf's nomination papers were rejected from NA-32 Chitral, after being earlier disqualified from three other constituencies, the Dawn reported.

Earlier today, tribunals barred Musharraf from contesting the May 11 polls from two constituencies in the Pakistani capital and Punjab province.

The tribunals comprising high court judges upheld decisions by Returning Officers to reject Musharraf's nomination papers for two National Assembly constituencies in Islamabad and Kasur.

The development came a day after another election tribunal dismissed Musharraf's appeal against the rejection of his nomination papers for a parliamentary constituency in the southern port city of Karachi.

Musharraf had filed appeals in the tribunals against the Returning Officers' decisions but these were rejected by the judges.

The Returning Officers had rejected Musharraf's nomination papers after receiving objections to his candidature on the ground that he had violated the Constitution by imposing emergency rule in 2007.

Musharraf had plans to contest polls in four parliamentary seats but his nomination papers were rejected by Returning Officers in Karachi, Kasur and Islamabad.


(Times of India/Agencies)