The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has rejected Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Food Security Jamshed Iqbal Cheema’s allegations.
It is to note that Cheema was Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate for NA-133 by-elections.
As per the ECP, the proposers for Jamshed Iqbal Cheema are voters of NA-130 since 2018.
On the contrary, the proposer of the PTI candidate has stated that he is resident of NA-133 and was unaware of how his vote had been transferred to NA-130.
He went on to add that his whole family’s votes are still registered in NA-133.
Earlier, the nomination papers of PTI candidate Jamshed Iqbal Cheema for NA-133 by-election were rejected by the ECP.
PML-N’s Naseer Bhatta had argued that Bilal Hussain, the proposer of Jamshed Iqbal Cheema and his wife Musarrat Jamshed Cheema is a resident of NA-130, while the constituency of election is NA-133. Under section 60 of the Election Act, the proposer should be from to the election’s constituency. Under the election rules, Jamshed Iqbal Cheema and his wife are not qualified for contesting election. In this regard, the nomination papers of Jamshed and Musarrat should be rejected.
The ECP announced the decision over the NA-133 by-election by rejecting the nomination papers of PTI candidate Jamshed Cheema and his wife.
In this regard, the returning officer stated that the proposer of the PTI’s Jamshed Cheema and his wife is not from NA 133.
Earlier in the 2018 elections, PML-N s Pervaiz Malik was victorious with more than 89,000 votes, while Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Ejaz Chaudhary had secured more than 77,000 votes.
It is pertinent to note that the Election Commission had fixed Decemeber 5 for by-poll in NA-133, and also issued code of conduct.
