The decision of the returning officer (RO) to reject Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s nomination papers from the NA-122 constituency in Lahore was maintained by an appellate panel that was constituted at the Lahore High Court (LHC). Before the tribunal, an attorney from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) argued that the PTI founder was no longer eligible to run for office and that his proposer did not reside in the NA-122 constituency. Justice Tariq Nadeem of the appellate tribunal heard the arguments before announcing the decision. The Rawalpindi tribunal’s Justice Chaudhary Abdul Aziz, meantime, denied Khan’s petition against the dismissal of documents from the Mianwali constituency NA-89. The judge maintained the RO’s ruling that the PTI founder was ineligible to run for office in the Mianwali constituency.