Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: Ishaq Dar challenged the rejection of his nomination papers for Senate seat on Thursday.

The appeal was filed in the Lahore High Court’s appellate tribunal, according to details.

Dar has questioned the returning officer’s call to reject nomination papers contrary to the facts. To this, Dar has contested his stance that all legal requirements for the papers were fulfilled.

His appeal demands the court to annul the action of the returning officer.

Earlier, the opposition party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had challenged the nomination papers of Dar, pointing out to the fact that Dar was declared absconder in the corruption reference against him heard by NAB court.

The ECP ruled that Dar is ineligible to contest in the Senate elections since there is a pending corruption case present against him in the accountability court.

The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had nominated Ishaq Dar as its Senate candidate for another three-year term, with nine of the PML-N Senators due to retire next month after the completion of their terms.

Dar was to contest in the Senate polls over two seats, a general seat and technocrat seat. The PTI lawyer reasoned that while contesting for both seats, Dar submitted the same account details for expenditure.

A total number of 52 Senators are to retire next month ahead of the Senate elections, scheduled to be conducted on March 3. PML-N is likely to win an overwhelming majority in the upper house of the parliament.