ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has rejected the pleato stop issuing notification of Faisal Vawda’s senatorship and accepted therequest of Rasheed A Rizvi for becoming a party in the case, ARY Newsreported on Wednesday.
The election commission sought written response from the PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Faisal Vawda. To this, Vawda sought time tosubmit his response.
An ECP member questioned where he will appear in the next hearing. Thepolitician assured that he will appear even if he is called for 100 timesby the election commission.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Cabinet Division had de-notified Faisal Vawdalinkthe federal minister after he tendered his resignation from the membershipof the National Assembly (NA).
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A notification had been issued by the Cabinet Division for de-notifyingFaisal Vawda as the Federal Minister for Water Resources.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker had resigned from the NationalAssembly on March 3, whereas, the relevant notification was issued by theNA Secretariat on March 6.