ISLAMABAD – The returning officer on Monday has summoned PTI chairman ImranKhan for scrutiny of nomination papers for NA-53.
The PTI chairman has also been ordered to submit a reply over objectionsraised against his candidacy.
Other politicians contesting from NA-53 include PML-N’s BarristerZafarullah, Mehtab Abbasi and PTI’s Ilyas Meherbaan among others.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will complete theprocess of scrutiny of nomination papers filed by candidates for upcominggeneral elections on Tuesday.
A total of 21,482 nomination papers have been filed across the country fornational and provincial assemblies.
As many as 6063 candidates are contesting for 342 seats of the NationalAssembly while 15419 nomination papers have been filed for the provincialassemblies seats.
As per the election schedule, appeals against rejection or acceptance ofnomination papers can be filed by June 22.
The appellate tribunals will decide the appeals by June 27, after which therevised list of candidates will be published on June 28.
Candidates can withdraw their nomination papers by June 29 and theelectoral body will announce the final list of candidates the same day.
Electoral symbols will be issued to candidates on June 30 while pollingwill be held on July 25.