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North-West Frontier Province Elections Rules, 2000------Rr. 16 & 18---Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Rejection of nomination papers---Name, parentage and number in the voters list of proposer and seconder as well as name of Union Council and the ward had been left blank in nomination papers of candidate---Some signatures were at the space meant for the proposer, but no signatures or thumb-impression was found at the space meant for the seconder---Such were exemplary incomplete nomination papers which merited rejection, and were thus rightly rejected and appeal also failed---Validity---Petitioner was not a properly nominated candidate as no proof was on record to show as to who were proposer and seconder of candidate---Time limit had been fixed for submission of complete nomination papers, but candidate failed to find out a proposer and a seconder for herself at proper time---Candidate could not be given extended time to fill up the lacunae---Other candidates were not made parties to the proceedings by the candidate---Valuable right having accrued to other candidates by rejection of nomination papers of candidate, they could not be condemned unheard. M. Haroon Iqbal for Petitioner . Saeed Khan, Addl. A.-G. for Respondent. Date of hearing: 11th August, 2005. JUDGMENT SALIM KHAN, J.---Mst. Safia Bibi came to this Court with the present writ petition with a request that her nomination papers be accepted because her proposer had signed her nomination papers and the non-filing of the nomination papers was merely an irregularity. We heard the…

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