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*LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has given its verdict on appeals filedby Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders against the harassment of theparty members of the provincial assembly (MPAs) ahead of the Punjab ChiefMinister (CM) elections. *
In its verdict, the Lahore High Court (LHC) directed the Punjab chiefsecretary and the inspector general (IG) to provide security to the PAlawmakers. The verdict was given on the appeals of PTI leaders Sibtain Khanand Zainab Umar against the harassment of the party MPAs.
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The high court issued orders to ensure the arrangements for the MPAs tocast their votes in the Punjab CM elections without any difficulty. Thegovernment lawyer will ensure the implementation of the court ordersbesides informing the parties.
It must be noted here that PTI had levelled allegations of horse tradingand harassment of its MPAs by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) andPakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N)
Several PTI lawmakers in the Punjab Assembly had complained about receivingthreatening calls for changing the loyalties in the forthcoming CM pollsscheduled on July 22 (tomorrow).
Earlier in the day, two more PTI MPAslinkto have received threatening calls forcing to change their loyalties beforethe election of the Punjab chief minister.
