From Zeeshan Mirza
KARACHI: Saifullah Abro of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Rauf Siddiqui of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) on Wednesday approached the Sindh High Court (SHC) against the rejection of their nomination papers for the Senate elections.
On Monday, an election tribunal of the SHC disqualified Abro for contesting the March 3 election, declaring that he did not meet the criteria to contest the Senate election on a technocrat seat that required minimum 16 years of education and 20 years of experience.
Earlier on February 18, Siddiqui’s papers were rejected on similar grounds as well. In their respective petitions, the Senate hopefuls adopted the stance that the tribunal ignored the facts of the case, seeking permission to contest the elections.
During the proceedings, the counsels for Abro and Siddiqui insisted that the politicians possessed the required criteria and therefore be granted permission to run for the House. The PTI has faced several challenges to its proposed candidates.
