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.”

PP26 Jhelum Il.....💞#Jhelum #Elections2024 pic.twitter.com/1KUPLGz48Z
— Hiba Fawad Chaudhary (@HibaFawadPk) December 30, 2023

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.