Islamabad: The nomination papers of Asif Zardari for the presidential elections have been approved.
The nomination papers for the presidential candidate of former president and People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari were submitted in the Islamabad High Court, which have been approved after scrutiny.
The Chief Election Commissioner is the Returning Officer of the Presidential Elections and he approved the papers of the former President after scrutiny.
PP leader Farooq H. Naik confirmed that no objection was raised on the nomination papers of Asif Zardari and his papers were approved as the presidential candidate.
Mehmood Achakzai has been nominated as the presidential candidate by the Sunni Unity Council.
Mahmood Khan Achakzai, a Pashtun nationalist leader from Balochistan backed by the PTI, filed his nomination papers on Saturday to contest the presidential election against People’s Party’s Asif Ali Zardari.
Achakzai, elected as an MNA from the NA-266 seat in Qilla Abdullah, Chaman, on February 8 2024.
