SAHIWAL, April 25: Candidate for NA-162 Chaudhry Zahid Iqbal was sentenced to 15 months in jail and a Rs5,000 fine by District and Sessions Judge Mushtaq Tarrar on Thursday for concealing his dual nationality status in his nomination papers for NA-162.

Civil Lines Station House Officer Jawad Afzal arrested the former MNA and sent him to the Central Jail.

He won the 2008 elections as a PPP candidate. In 2012, he had to resign as MNA for his dual nationality. In by-elections, he dodged the PPP as he grabbed the PML-N ticket at the eleventh hour. He won the by-election.

In 2013, he filed his papers for NA-163 as PML-N candidate but the returning officer rejected his papers for his dual nationality. Later, the LHC conditionally allowed him to contest the elections. Now, the PML-N has awarded its ticket to Tufail Jutt. — Correspondent