The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Saturday approved the nomination papers of Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) leader Fawad Chaudhry’s wife Hiba Fawad Chaudhry from Jhelum’s PP-26.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Hiba in a video message confirming her approval of nomination papers said “I will soon announce election campaign plan.”
Rebuffing the rumors over paper rejection, she also shared the notification list of approved candidates from the aforementioned constituency on her account.
On the other hand, in a setback to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the ECP rejected the party founder Imran Khan's for a National Assembly constituency from Punjab’s capital and his home city, Mianwali.
The former prime minister had filed his nomination papers from Lahore's NA-122 and Mianwali's NA-89 constituencies ahead of the upcoming polls slated for February 8, 2024,
Furthermore, relevant ROs rejected PTI's Zulfi Bukhari and Azam Swati’s papers from different constituencies.
