PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday disposed of a writ petition filed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM Ali Amin Gandapur in a case of alleged rigging in elections after JUI-F withdrew its application from the Election Commission.
The two-member PHC bench, comprising Justice Syed Muhammad Attiq Shah and Justice Khurshid Iqbal presided over the hearing on the writ petition of CM Gandapur and MNA Dawar Kundi. The JUI had filed an application with the election commission, alleging that Ali Amin Gandapur rigged the general elections in DI Khan with the help of Taliban.
The KP CM had challenged the application of JUIF leader Kafil Nizami in the high court. The court disposed of the petition after the JUI withdrew its application from the Election Commission.
In another petition filed by JUI-F leader Kafil Nizami against the KP CM for not disclosing his assets to the election commission in the nomination papers. The court adjourned the hearing while maintaining the stay order against the Election Commission.
