Islamabad: The nomination papers of former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, who recently returned home to contest in the upcoming presidential elections, were rejected by a returning officer in Pakistan’s Kasur constituency. Musharraf, who was living in Dubai in exile, had returned to the country to contest the upcoming 11 May elections. The returning officer, Mohammad Saleem, rejected his nomination on the ground that the signature did not match the one on his national identity card, officials told reporters. According to Pakistan daily The Dawn, a local lawyer, Javed Kasuri, raised objections over the candidacy of Musharraf, saying he did not qualify to contest elections under Article 62, 63 of the Pakistani constitution, which specify that candidates should have a “good character” and be “sagacious, righteous and non-profligate”. In a separate development, a man named Syed Tariq Ali submitted an objection to nomination papers filed by Musharraf for another parliamentary constituency in Islamabad.
It could not immediately be ascertained when election authorities would take up the objection. Musharraf has filed nomination papers to contest from four constituencies – Karachi, Islamabad, Chitral and Kasur. |
