ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister Faisal Vawda lands in hot waters from theElection Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
ECP has admitted on Saturday an application, seeking disqualification ofFederal Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda for allegedly submittinga false affidavit before the election authority.
A petitioner had approached the ECP earlier this week in the wake of a newsreport that claimed that Vawda had dual nationality when he filed hisnomination papers to contest the 2018 general elections.
The commission, while issuing notices to all respondents, fixed the casefor hearing on February 3.
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Faiq Shah, chairman of a little known Amn Tarraqi Party, has petitioned theECP, requesting that the PTI leader be disqualified under Section 62-1(F)of the Constitution.
The petitioner said that the minister is no longer Sadiq and Ameen(truthful and trustworthy) as he filed a “false affidavit” with regard tohis nationality.
