The issue in my case was with
>> from PyQt4.Qwt5.anynumpy import * (line no 25 in polezero_plot.py).
Code works fine if I replace the above line with
>>from numpy import zeros
>>from numpy import float as Float
Anyone else facing the same issue or is this only with my Qt4 package? (just launch "filter-design" tool from GRC and try playing with pole-zero plot)