Imran Khan's party challenges nomination of Sharif's wife

Opposition Imran Khan's party today challenged in Lahore High Court the candidature of ousted Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif's wife, Kulsoom Nawaz, alleging that her nomination papers contained contradictions and that she did not appear in person to file the papers.

Sharif's ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has fielded his wife from the constituency he vacated after the Supreme Court disqualified him from continuing in his office in July.

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf of Khan, who has led a campaign and petitioned the Supreme Court seeking Sharif's ouster over the Panama Papers scandal, challenged the acceptance of Kulsoom's nomination papers on Thursday from Lahore's NA-120 constituency.

The election is scheduled for September 17.

Petitioner Andaleeb Abbasi, a leader of the

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