Civil Appeal No.188 of 2019 23 . 28. On the basis of material available on record, we are satisfied that : 28. (i) Respondent No.1 concealed his own assets as well as those of his dependent minor children in his nomination papers; (ii) He filed a false affidavit, which in itself entails serious legal consequences. A detailed inquiry or investigation is not required in the matter in view of admission of non disclosure by Respondent No.1. It is trite that admitted facts need not be proved; (iii) We are also satisfied that there was no bona fide mistake, mathematical error or clerical mistake in preparing and filing the nomination papers and the affidavit filed in compliance of the order of this Court in Speaker, National Assembly of Pakistan’s case ibid; and (iv) The explanation offered for the admitted concealment/misdeclaration neither appeals to reason nor logic. We have unfortunately been unable to persuade ourselves to accept it. After considering the arguments advanced by learned counsel for the parties, having carefully examined the record and the case law cited at the bar, we find that the judgment of the Election Tribunal dated 15.01.2019 is unsustainable and runs contrary to the ratio decidendi of the law enunciated by this Court in the judgments cited above. Therefore, for reasons recorded above, this Appeal is allowed and the impugned judgment dated 15.01.2019 passed by the Election Tribunal of the High Court of Sindh, Bench at Sukkur is set aside. In consequence, the Election Petition bearing No.S-01 of 2018 filed by the Appellant is accepted. It is declared that nomination of Respondent No.1 (Moazzam Ali Khan) was invalid. As a result, his declaration as a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh issued vide notification dated 07.08.2018 is annulled. He shall immediately cease to be a member of

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