The nomination papers of former president General (R) Pervez Musharraf were rejected by the returning officer in Kasur’s NA-139 on Friday.
According to details, a local lawyer, Javed Kasuri, had raised objections over the candidacy of Musharraf, saying that he did not qualify to contest elections under Article 62, 63 of the constitution.
Returning Officer Mohammad Saleem accepted the objections and rejected the former dictator’s nomination papers.
Musharraf filed paper to contest the general elections from four seats, Karachi, Islamabad, Chitral and Kasur.
Meanwhile, a Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Zafarullah, on behalf of the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz’s (PML-N) Ahsan Iqbal filed an application before the ECP seeking disqualification of Musharraf alleging that he could not contest polls due to his involvement in four cases, the Akbar Bugti killing case, the Lal Masjid case, the Benazir Bhutto killing case, and the missing persons case.