The appeals of PTI Vice-Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi, his son Zain, and party provincial president Haleem Adil Sheikh against the rejection of their candidatures for the upcoming polls have been accepted by the Sindh High Court’s (SHC) election appellate tribunal. Qureshi and his son were contesting the rejection of their nomination papers from the NA-214 constituency, while Sheikh had done the same for NA-238. The decision comes after Sheikh was granted bail in a case related to May 9 violence and after being indicted in a case linked to rioting at city courts in Karachi. The RO had objected to Qureshi and Zain’s candidature for not providing asset details, source of income, and paid taxes. Meanwhile, Sheikh’s papers had been rejected for failing to disclose details of clearance from the police/anti-corruption and not providing the No Dues Certificate from the provincial assembly. The election tribunal has issued notices to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and others on the PTI leaders’ appeals. The tribunal set aside the objections raised by the ROs and directed officials to accept the PTI leaders’ nomination papers. Additionally, the appeals of PTI candidate Arsalan Khalid and the PPP’s Mirza Ikhtiar Baig from NA-241 were accepted. Notice were also issued on the appeals of former information minister Fawad Chaudhry and his wife, Hiba, against the rejection of their nomination papers from NA-61. Meanwhile, a Rawalpindi election appellate tribunal accepted PTI leader Zulfi Bukhari’s appeal, allowing him to contest polls from Attock after his candidature had been rejected.