Umair Niazi, the covering candidate of PTI founder, has filed an appeal through his lawyers in the election tribunal.
The appellate tribunal has approved the appeal against the rejection of Umair Niazi’s nomination papers for hearing.
The tribunal has issued notices to parties and scheduled the hearing of the appeal for tomorrow (Tuesday).
Justice Mirza Waqas Rauf and Justice Chaudhry Abdul Aziz will hear the case.
Several candidates had their nomination papers rejected during the scrutiny process that concluded on December 30.
Appeals against the rejection or acceptance of nomination papers for the general elections-2024 are being received from Sunday.
The process of appeals against Returning Officers decisions will continue until this Wednesday.
Decisions on the appeals will be made up to January 10, 2024.
The revised list of candidates will be displayed on January 11, and candidates can withdraw their nomination papers by January 12.
The election symbols for candidates will be allotted on January 13.
The scrutiny of nomination papers for special seats for women and minorities will be held on January 13, and the final list of candidates for reserved seats will be displayed on January 23.