PESHAWAR: On Thursday, an election tribunal ruled that PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s nomination papers for NA-22 Mardan were legitimate, letting him to run in the by-election for the district.
The tribunal was debating an appeal against the former prime minister’s constituency nomination papers being approved.Khan is already a member of the National Assembly, according to the petitioner’s attorney, and he hasn’t shown any justification for running from a different seat.
Khan is an MNA from the NA-95 Mianwali-I seat, it should be noted. Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, the NA Speaker, has not yet accepted the premier’s resignation in protest after he was removed from office by a no-trust vote.
