ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) summoned on Fridayformer prime minister Nawaz Sharif on July 9 in relation to a petitionseeking the removal of his name from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz(PML-N) political party.

The notice has been sent to Nawaz’s Jati Umra residence in Lahore. However,at present the prime minister is in London with his family to tend to hisailing wife.

The petition has been filed by Awami Tehreek’s Niaz Inquilabi, who hasstated that Nawaz was disqualified from Parliament by the Supreme Court andthus a political party cannot be named after a disqualified person.

The ECP has been pleaded in the petition to take appropriate action in thisregard in light of the Supreme Court’s July 28 judgment in the PanamaPapers case.