KARACHI: An election tribunal on Tuesday turned down a plea challenging the candidature of Federal Minister Faisal Vawda to contest the upcoming Senate election.
The tribunal headed by Justice Agha Faisal of the Sindh High Court ruled that the entire case of the appellant was in view of allegations pertaining to the 2018 general election while the tribunal was constituted at a pre-electoral stage to consider the objections against the decisions of the returning officer (RO) for the March 3 Senate election.
It further said that an appeal assailing the denial of consideration of matters did not fall within the jurisdiction of the RO and cannot be sustained by the tribunal.