For the first time in the country's history, thousands of candidates wishing to run in elections have been denied their candidacy.

During the candidate screening process, thousands of candidates for national and local councils across the country were declared ineligible.

Thousands of candidates want to run for office for the first time in the country's history.

LAHORE: For the first time in the country's history, the nomination papers of thousands of candidates seeking to participate in elections have been rejected. For the first time in the country's history, thousands of applications to run in the general election have been rejected, Ham News reported.

In the 2018 elections, it was reported that a total of 1,800 candidates who tried to run for parliamentary and local council elections across the country were rejected, but by the 2024 general elections that number will be in the thousands. is increasing. More than 3,000 candidates seeking to run for parliamentary and local council elections across the country have had their candidacies rejected and declared ineligible for the 2024 general elections.

However, the right to appeal against decisions to accept or reject candidatures in national general elections remains, and these appeals can be lodged from Sunday 31 December. On December 30th, the stage of gathering and approving or rejecting candidates for the national general election will be completed. Nomination papers of over 2,000 candidates from Provincial Assembly constituencies and over 1,000 candidates from National Assembly constituencies were rejected by the returning officers.

The appeal process against the reinstatement officer's decision will continue until January 3, and the Court of Appeal will hear and decide the appeal until January 10. According to the election calendar, the final list of candidates will be published on January 11, and the deadline for withdrawal of candidacy is January 12, 2024. Election symbols will be given to candidates on January 13th and voting will take place on February 8th.