ECP de-notifies PML-N MNA over fake degree
ECP de-notified Bukhari following decision of Bahawalpur election tribunal
MULTAN:
Election Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday denotified Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Deewaan Aashiq Bukhari after a decision by the Bahawalpur regional election tribunal.
Bukhari's had participated in the May 2013 general elections on a PML-N ticket from NA-153 in sub district Shujabad and the Jalal Pur Peer Waala district of Multan.
His election was challenged by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate Rana Qasim Noon, who had contended that Bukhari's degree was fake and that requested that he should be declared ineligible to run in the upcoming elections.
The application stated that all the educational credentials of Bukhari, from Intermediate to Masters were invalid.
Subsequent investigations by the Bahawalpur election tribunal found merit in Noon's allegations. As a result, the ECP has de-notified Bukhari's membership from the National Assembly.
PPP workers acknowledged the decision of the election commission. Qasim, while talking to The Express Tribune, said he was glad that the investigation was carried out with merit.
The ECP is now expected to announce a date on which by-elections will be held on NA-153 in Multan.
Election Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday denotified Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Deewaan Aashiq Bukhari after a decision by the Bahawalpur regional election tribunal.
Bukhari's had participated in the May 2013 general elections on a PML-N ticket from NA-153 in sub district Shujabad and the Jalal Pur Peer Waala district of Multan.
His election was challenged by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate Rana Qasim Noon, who had contended that Bukhari's degree was fake and that requested that he should be declared ineligible to run in the upcoming elections.
The application stated that all the educational credentials of Bukhari, from Intermediate to Masters were invalid.
Subsequent investigations by the Bahawalpur election tribunal found merit in Noon's allegations. As a result, the ECP has de-notified Bukhari's membership from the National Assembly.
PPP workers acknowledged the decision of the election commission. Qasim, while talking to The Express Tribune, said he was glad that the investigation was carried out with merit.
The ECP is now expected to announce a date on which by-elections will be held on NA-153 in Multan.