Objection filed over Bilawal Bhutto’s Lahore nomination papers

LAHORE: A citizen has filed objection over nomination papers of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in Lahore’s NA-127 constituency on Wednesday.

An application has been filed with the Returning Officer (RO) objecting to nomination of the PPP chairman.

“The election law has been violated as a person could be member of one political party under the law,” according to the application.

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“Bilawal has shown affiliation with the PPP-Parliamentarians (PPPP) in his nomination papers,” the applicant said. “While the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the PPP-Parliamentarians (PPPP) are two separate political parties,” petitioner argued.

“Bilawal Bhutto has been chairman of the People’s Party (PPP) and Asif Ali Zardari has been president of the Parliamentarians (PPPP),” according to the plea.

“The People’s Party’s (PPP) election symbol is ‘Sword’ while the Parliamentarians (PPPP) contest election with symbol of ‘Arrow’”.

Bilawal has also filed nomination papers to contest election from NA-194 Larkana and NA-196 Shahdadkot. – INP