It is not an election, but a joke: Sheikh Rashid

F.P. Report

RAWALPINDI: Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid said on Monday “it is not an election; but a joke”.

The former minister released a video on X, formerly Twitter, after rejection of his nomination papers for two Rawalpindi’s constituencies.

“The Returning Officer (RO) had promised to give the attested copies of my rejected nomination papers from NA-56 and NA-57, Rawalpindi. My lawyers kept sitting there outside the office of RO till 11.PM yesterday but they were not provided with the attested copies,” the veteran politician said.

“It is not an election; but a joke,” he said, while addressing Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja.

According to Sheikh Rashid, baseless and fabricated allegations were levelled against him and therefore, he wanted to approach the high court against the rejection of his nomination papers.

“Our lawyers are still there in the RO office and I request courts to direct the Returning Officer to give us the attested copies,” he added.

“We’ll win both the constituencies of NA-56 and NA-57 with the help of Almighty and the support of our people,” he concluded.

Earlier, the RO had said Sheikh Rashid was defaulter of the forest department’s Murree rest house.

He had stayed at the rest house from Sept 4 to 9 in 2022 without paying charges, the RO said, a claim that was denied by the politician.