Pakistan polls: PTI leader Mehmood Qureshi declared 'ineligible' to contest polls

Shah Mehmood Qureshi, the senior vice president of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was declared 'ineligible' to contest elections from his stronghold Multan by the appellate election tribunal. The tribunal rejected his appeal against the rejection of his nomination papers for two National Assembly and two Punjab Assembly seats in Multan. Qureshi was cleared to contest polls from the NA-214 constituency in Sindh's Umarkot city. The Multan High Court Bar Association President confirmed that the election tribunal had declared Qureshi 'ineligible' to contest the election.