ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday de-seated25 dissident MPAs of PTI from Punjab for giving vote to PML-N’s HamzaShahbaz Sharif in chief minister election.
A three member bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) SikandarSultan Raja announced the verdict which was reserved on Tuesday afterhearing arguments from both sides.
Earlier, the top election body was to announce its ruling on Wednesday butit was postponed till May 20 for unknown reasons.
Punjab Assembly Speaker Pervez Elahi had filed moved the ECP against theseMPAs under Article 63(A) of the Constitution after they voted in favour ofPML-N’s candidate Hamza Shahbaz Sharif in the election for the chiefminister.
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The dissident lawmakers include Abdul Aleem Khan, Raja Sagheer Ahmed, MalikGhulam Rasool Sangha, Saeed Akbar Khan, Mohammad Ajmal, Nazir Ahmed Chohan,Mohammad Amin Zulqernain, Malik Nauman Langrial, Mohammad Salman, ZawarHussain Warraich, Nazir Ahmed Khan, Fida Hussain, Zahra Batool, MohammadTahir, Aisha Nawaz, Sajida Yousaf, Haroon Imran Gill, Uzma Kardar, MalikAsad Ali, Ijaz Masih, Mohammad Sabtain Raza, Mohsin Atta Khan Khosa, MianKhalid Mehmood, Faisal Hayat and Mehar Mohammad Aslam.
