The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) former Justice Khawaja Muhammad Saeed on Wednesday dismissed nine appeals of the general election candidates filed against the rejection of their nomination papers by the concerned Returning Officers, official sources said.
The CEC dismissed the appeals including that of former AJK minister Chaudhry Rukhsar Ahmed, a candidate from LA-IV, Mirpur-IV constituency, keeping intact the earlier order of the Returning Officer.
In addition, the appeals of the candidates including Abdul Nasir, Masher Hussain, Tanveer Iqbal, Chaudhry Sharif, Aftab Ahmed, Muhammad Shafiq, Muzaffar Hussain and Khalida Aftab against the rejection of their nomination papers were also dismissed, the sources said, adding, the Chief Election Commissioner kept intact the decisions of the concerned DROs and ROs rejecting their nomination papers, the sources told APP here on Thursday.
In his detailed order, dismissing the appeal of Chaudhry Rukhsar Ahmed, the Chief Election Commissioner declared that under clause (xxv) of section 5 (2) of the AJK Legislative Assembly (Election) Ordinance 1970, a person was held disqualified if he did not possess qualification of Matric or equivalent from a recognised institution. The appellant Rukhsar Ahmed had filed the appeal against the order of Returning Officer LA-IV, Mirpur IV dated May 30, 2011, whereby the nomination papers of the appellant were rejected.
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