Cheating the system: MNA disqualified for fake diploma
The tribunal also issued orders for re-election in NA-153.
MULTAN:
An election tribunal in Bahawalpur disqualified national assembly member Dewan Syed Ashiq Hussain Bukhari on Monday for having a fake degree.
The tribunal also issued orders for re-election in NA-153.
Bukhari, a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz member, won the election for NA 153 in 2013 general elections.
Pakistan Peoples Party candidate Rana Qasim Noon challenged Bukhari’s degree. Bukhari was disqualified on Monday and re-election in his constituency was ordered.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 30th, 2014.
An election tribunal in Bahawalpur disqualified national assembly member Dewan Syed Ashiq Hussain Bukhari on Monday for having a fake degree.
The tribunal also issued orders for re-election in NA-153.
Bukhari, a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz member, won the election for NA 153 in 2013 general elections.
Pakistan Peoples Party candidate Rana Qasim Noon challenged Bukhari’s degree. Bukhari was disqualified on Monday and re-election in his constituency was ordered.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 30th, 2014.