KARACHI (HRNW) – An Election Tribunal on Tuesday rejected the second appeal against Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif from National Assembly constituency NA-242.
The tribunal heard the appeal of Hasnain Chauhan who submitted that Shehbaz did not affix a valid affidavit along with his nomination papers.
He said that Shehbaz made a false statement regarding his business in the affidavit. He appealed the tribunal to set aside the decision of returning officer and reject Shehbaz’s nomination papers.
It may be recalled that Shahid Orakzai filed an appeal from NA-132 against Shehbaz “identifying him as the mastermind of an attack on the Supreme Court on November 28, 1997.”
The applicant contended that Shehbaz was present on the day of the attack at the Prime Minister’s Secretariat along with his elder brother, Nawaz Sharif, who was prime minister.