ISLAMABAD, Jun 27 (APP):Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Wednesday said he would file a petition against the verdict of appellate election tribunal which was his constitutional right.
According to article 62, 63, the election tribunal was not authorized to disqualify any politician and that his disqualification would be challenged in the court, he said talking to a private news channels.
He said such decisions were making elections controversial and Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) should take notice of the matters.
He said,”I had submitted affidavit and asset form in the election commission and nothing was concealed in that regard.”
He said the election tribunal had used derogatory language against him in the judgment that hurt him. Tribunal was only authorized to reject nomination papers of any candidate, he added.
He said he would contest the election and defeat the opponent with huge margin. He was elected eight times as Member National Assembly (MNA) and declared all assets in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Abbasi said.
He said boycott from election was not in national interest.