An Appellate Tribunal on Tuesday dismissed the decision of returning officer for rejection of nomination papers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and allowed him to contest by-polls from PP-32 Gujrat, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.   

The appellate tribunal Justice Shahid Karim accepted the appeal of Parvez Elahi after hearing the arguments of the lawyers of the parties.

The Returning Officer rejected the nomination papers of Chaudhry Parvez Elahi from PP-32 Gujarat for the by-election.

The Appellate Tribunal after hearing the parties set aside the decision of the Returning Officer.

On behalf of the Election Commission of Pakistan , advocates Imran Arif Ranjha and Haroon Kasi appeared before the appellate tribunal along with the Returning Officer of Constituency PP 32 Gujarat.

Reporter: Malik Asharaf