Former president and army chief General (r) Pervez Musharraf’s nomination papers for NA-250 Karachi were rejected but were accepted for NA-32 Chitral on Sunday, local media reported.
The returning officer of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) rejected his papers for NA-250 on the basis of article 62 and 63 of the constitution.
Musharraf’s spokesperson Aasia Ishaque said the former military ruler refused to appear before the returning officer at the time of filing nomination papers because he said objections against his candidature were insubstantial.
Ishaque further said Musharraf will be appealing the rejection of nomination papers in front of the election tribunal.
Musharraf had also filed nomination papers for NA-48 Islamabad and NA-139 Kasur. However, his papers for Kasur were also rejected earlier this week when Maulana Javid Kasuri, a leader of Jamaat-i-Islaami, raised objections against his candidature.
The Supreme Court will also hear a petition, accusing Musharraf of treason, on Monday. The petition has been filed by the Lahore High Court Bar Association accusing the former military ruler of subverting the constitution. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will hear the case.
Musharraf is a victim because in his time frame there was some thing delivered. Pakistan is a nation on ungrateful people.
It reminds me of man-salva offered. We chose to elect a corrupt Zardari and then we are happy.
A nation deserves what they ask for.
The only thing delivered in his time was the sovereignty of Pakistan to the US of A.
Did Musharaff received pension from Pakistan army for all these four years he spent
abroad, otherwise who was financing him? Has it bothered to the common man in Pakistan?
Mushraff is not above the law. Why he did not appear before the RO.
Can he release information how much tax he paid to govt of Pakistan in the last five yrs?
How did he manage to collect this Rs 645 million in the last ten yrs or since oct , 1999?
What are his assets in foreign countries?
Did he give any assets to his wife and children in the last thirteen yrs? If yes, how much?
The apex court has to tread with caution. It is the aggrieved party in the case and has been forced by circumstances to sit on judgment in its own cause. Musharraf, a political nobody is totally isolated and comprehensively humiliated. The so-called forces of “rule of law” are out to get him. But in this charged atmosphere of revenge, the court has to take stock of the circumstances. Was Musharraf a lone-ranger or was supported by the entire government machinery in imposing emergency rule? Was this emergency rule resulting in sacking of judges a far graver crime than sacking of an elected government which was condoned by the judiciary? Article 6 has put the court in a difficult situation. These are indeed testing times for the honorable judges of the apex court. Read more at: http://passivevoices.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/art…
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