Islamabad (June 18, 2018): The returning officer (RO) on Monday directed the representative of former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to submit the tax details of 2014-15 and 2015-16 by tomorrow.
According to the details, the RO sought the tax details during the scrutiny of nomination papers of former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
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Earlier, Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was cleared to contest elections from Lahore’s NA-125 constituency on Monday after the returning officer (RO) accepted her nomination papers.
The decision came as RO Asif Bashir dismissed all objections raised during scrutiny of her nomination papers. Maryam is expected to contest on the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s ticket to contest the July 25 general elections from Lahore’s NA-125 and NA-127 constituency.
The NA-125 constituency, situated in the heart of Lahore, was the NA-120 constituency prior to the new delimitation of constituencies.
NA-120 was bagged by former premier Nawaz in the 2013 elections and after his disqualification, by his wife Kulsoom Nawaz even though she did not take part in the campaign herself.
Maryam had spearheaded the NA-120 by-election campaign for her mother in 2017 following Nawaz’s disqualification. At the time, Kulsoom had defeated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate Dr Yasmin Rashid by over 14,000 votes.
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