Former president Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf, who had returned to Pakistan after years of self-imposed exile to contest the May 11 polls, has been thrown out of the election race.
The former military strongman’s nomination papers were rejected on Tuesday from NA-32 Chitral, after him being earlier disqualified from three other constituencies. Appeals against the acceptance of Pervez Musharraf’s nomination papers for NA-32 (Chitral) were approved by the Election Tribunal in Peshawar.
Musharraf’s lawyer said they would contest the decision in a high court.
Earlier in the day, an election tribunal had decided against an appeal filed by Musharraf challenging the returning officer’s rejection of his nomination papers for NA-48 (Islamabad-I).
The returning officer had rejected Musharraf’s nomination after objections, saying the retired general had subverted the constitution as the army chief and had illegally placed judges under house arrest.
Musharraf’s appeal for NA-139 (Kasur-II) was also rejected by an election tribunal in Lahore. The tribunal said the former president had abrogated the constitution thrice and therefore, did not qualify to contest the coming general election.
An election tribunal in Rawalpindi also rejected Musharraf’s nomination papers on Tuesday.
The nomination papers of Pervez Musharraf for NA-250 (Karachi) have already been rejected.