RAWALPINDI – A district monitoring officer for the elections has issuednotices to former Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali and Khan and 15others for violating the code of conduct set by the Election Commission ofPakistan.
Deputy Commissioner Dr Umer Jahangir, in the show cause notice, has askedthe Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz member why he did not inform the districtadministration about his public meeting, which was held in Al-Haram City,Chakri Road Rawalpindi, three days prior.
The estranged leader of PML-N is going to contest elections fromconstituencies NA-63, NA-59, PP-10 and PP-12 as an independent candidate onthe electoral symbol of jeep.
Under the ECP rules, candidates and political parties are bound to informthe authorities about their public gatherings in their constituency threedays beforehand.
The deputy commissioner also served notices on Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan forholding a rally in Gujar Khan by breaching the code of conduct and askedits representative to submit a reply to the ECP.
Meanwhile, the authorities have barred Rawalpindi Mayor Sardar Naseem fromholding a public meeting of the PML-N as he could not take part inelectioneering under the ECP’s rules.