KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) allowed former home minister Sindh Zulfikar Mirza and former federal minister Fahmida Mirza to contest the general election.
The Sindh High Court heard the constitutional petitions filed against the rejection of the nomination papers of Zulfikar Mirza and his wife, Fahmida Mirza.
Fahmida Mirza and Zulfiqar Mirza submitted nomination papers from National Assembly Constituency NA 223 while Zulfiqar Mirza also submitted papers from PS 70, 71, and 72.
The nomination papers of both were rejected by the Returning Officers(ROs) and the Election Tribunal accusing them of being bank defaulters.
However, the Sindh High Court approved the constitutional petitions of both candidates and allowed them to contest the elections.
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Earlier, Lahore High Court(LHC) allowed Awami Muslim League (AML) and former federal minister Sheikh Rashid to contest the general election.
A three-member bench of the Lahore High Court heard the petition filed against Sheikh Rashid’s decision to approve nomination papers.
