PTI MPA Yousaf Ayub. PHOTO: EXPRESS
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has declared him ineligible, and has ordered re-elections in PK-50.
Yousaf Ayub was Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) candidate in PK-50 Haripur-2, he was elected as a member of the provincial assembly in the 2013 general elections.
He won the PK-50 election with 35,117 votes and the runner up was Independent candidate Qazi Muhammad Asad Khan with 32,879 votes.
Ayub was also Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's (K-P) minister for communication and works.
Other cases of fake degrees
On September 24, former Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MPA Bashir Ahmed was sentenced to two years in prison as his degree was found to be fake by a court in Badin. He was also fined Rs5,000.
Bashir Ahmed was a PPP member of parliament from PS-56 in the former Sindh government.
Previously, three elected legislators fell prey to fake degree cases in July, when the Supreme Court suspended the membership of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf parliamentarian Ghulam Sarwar Khan and de-notified the membership of two Punjab provincial assembly members for holding fake degrees.
The Supreme Court also declared Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid MPA Samina Khawar Hayat ineligible in July after she contested elections on a fake BBA degree.
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PTI score card...
2 MPAs dead. 1 MNA disqualified on fake degree 1 MPA arrested on sexual assault charges. 1 Major leader disqualified on fake degree (Ayla) 1 Major leader (Aleem Khan) convicted by NAB 1 MPA disqualified on fake degree.
..... and we haven't even started to warm up yet!
What happened to NA 258? Where over 20000 votes were fake even MQM is 100000000x better than PML N.
@Hasan and @Sindhi...........I'm sorry I did not make myself clear. I was talking in general of the criteria involved. Of course in this case and in others the dishonesty factor is paramount.
what about all PMLN leaders who have false degrees, why no action against them
what a shame
Well, to an extent I will blame PTI leadership for giving these kind of people a chance. But, afterall, this is Pakistan, where almost every other person is corrupt. You can not produce 'farishtas' in such an environment. I left Pakistan 13 years ago and every time I go back, I am amazed at the people, lawlessness, and degrading moral values. A country where every otehr person from a sabziwala to the Prime minister is corrupt, how can you produce quality people?
PTI still have chance to make a difference by expelling fake degree holders from the party ranks instead of keeping them like other parties.
How do these people expect to get away with it?!
Sharaam naak bhai, u r the worst
@Parvez: But that's the point. By using a fake degree, they have proved themselves as 'not honest'.
@Fyza Javed! ET had reported news on prison sentence of former MPA of PPP on 24 September 2013. http://tribune.com.pk/story/608594/fake-degree-former-ppp-mpa-sentenced-to-two-years-in-prison/
Our Modi also going to be an another Imran Khan of India. Promising something and delivering something else.... Warning bells for both to deliver.
The sick joke is that only the PPP member from Sindh gets imprisonment for the same issue as others. Law should be applicable equally to all.
@Parvez: How is he honest he faked his degree........Naya logic
SHAME ON IK and Whole PTI leadership. Thanks I dint vote for them.
another member of Naya Paskistan with fake degree...
I would rather have an honest leader without a degree, than a dishonest leader with a degree...........so the criteria should be HONESTY and if a genuine degree accompanies it, all the better.
PTI claimed to be the most educated and organized party of Pakistan. Their parliamentarians and candidates are also being disqualified on fake degree grounds. Hope that Imran Khan will scrutinize the selection process to avoid such discrepancies in future.
@Ozair ! Please Do not waste your time in WAITING, at least not in our life time :-)))
After all PTI is also Pakistani !!!
@Ali: "PTI, please!" . We stand for honesty. Oops!
i am just wondering why ET gave caption of only PTI's candidate's fake degree whereas in the news there are other parties like PPP and PML who are to be blamed for fake degrees,
Well we are still waiting for Chaudry Nisar to be disqualified since his inter certificate was already declared fake by HEC before the elections
Congratulations to PTI on falling of its first wicket after 100 days of PTI Government in KPK.
The naya Pakistan has to begin from lowest to upwards. The people have to change and the country will change itself. Nations always deteriorate from top going downwards while they are resurrected from bottom upwards.
at least proved, IK was wrong selecting best team which he often claim.
this is the "tabdeeli" you all had been crying for?
Here we go..! C'mon PTI haters let the bashing game begins.! Though i appreciate this verdict same should be done on PTI's complaints on rigging..!
so this was the team of PTI which was going to make NAYA PAKISTAN
LOL! at PTI & Imran Khan.... Happy Weekend!
PTI, please!