ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Monday failed to appear before the returning officers for scrutiny of his nomination papers.
Khan along with his counsel skipped the NA-53 (Islamabad) scrutiny by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in Lahore.
Earlier, Khan’s lawyer Awan had requested ECP’s returning officers to scrutinize Khan’s papers on Tuesday as they had to appear before ECP in Lahore.
On Sunday, ECP had summoned Imran Khan, former Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Aisha Gulalai for scrutinization of their nomination papers for NA-53.
Khan was also directed to submit a written reply over his reservations against his candidacy raised by Abdul Wahab Baloch.
PTI chief has submitted nomination papers from National Assembly constituencies in Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar, Bannua and Mianwali.