ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a petition challenging Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesman Fawad Chaudhry’s nomination papers for the upcoming polls from the NA-67 constituency.
The case was heard by a two-member bench headed by Justice Azmat Saeed who rejected the petition challenging the approval of Chaudhry’s nomination papers for the July 25 polls.
The petition was filed by Pakistan Justice and Democratic Party (PJDP) member Syed Fakhar Haider.
Last month, the Lahore High Court (LHC) had accepted Chaudhry’s plea and allowed him to contest the upcoming general election.
The judge had remarked that the petitioner should have challenged the approval of nomination papers instead of filing a new appeal against Chaudhry.
Earlier, the PTI spokesperson was barred from contesting the election and had moved the LHC against an appellate election tribunal’s decision restraining him from contesting from NA-67.
