NA-249 by election: Nomination papers of PML-N’s Miftah Ismail approved

KARACHI (92 News) – The scrutiny of nomination papers for NA-249 by election in Karachi has been underway and the Returning Officer has approved nomination papers of PML-N candidate Miftah Ismail on Sunday.

According to the details garnered, the nomination papers of another candidate Rehmatullah Wazeer were also approved during the scrutiny, that will be continued till March 25.

The scrutiny of the nomination papers of the candidates will be completed by March 25. The contestants will be able to lodge appeals against the returning officer’s decision in the appellate tribunal till March 29.

At least 55 candidates hailing from different parties have submitted their nomination forms to contest by-polls on NA-249.

The last date on appeals against the returning officers decision by an Appellate Tribunal is April 05, while the nomination papers could be taken back by April 07.

The election symbols will be allotted to the candidate on April 08.

Polling for the by election in NA-249 constituency in Karachi West will be held on April 29.

The most prominent candidates among those who had submitted nomination papers have been Mustafa Kamal of the PSP and Miftah Ismail from the PML-N.

Speaking to the journalists, Miftah Ismail said that he never had nationality of any other country. He also confirmed that his party has approached PPP for support in the upcoming election in the constituency.

The NA-249 seat was relinquished by the PTI’s Faisal Vawda, who had won the seat in the 2018 general election, beating PML-N’s Shehbaz Sharif by a small margin of 723 votes.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has now issued ticket to local official Amjad Afridi for the NA-249 (Karachi West-II). The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced to hold the by-election on April 29.