Election tribunal rules petition against Information Minister Attaullah Tarar ‘non-maintainable’

LAHORE: An election tribunal on Tuesday dismissed an election petition against Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar as non-maintainable. The decision was announced by the tribunal, comprising retired justice Rana Zahid Mehmood, on the election petition filed by PTI-backed independent candidate Zaheer Abbas Khokhar. Khokhar, who contested against Tarar, had challenged the notification of Tarar’s victory from NA-127, Lahore. Khokhar had lost his election to Tarar with a margin of 15,980...

By [email protected] (Wajih Ahmad Sheikh)