Ijaz Kakakhel Islamabad
Election Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday issued the schedule of by-polls on 20 general seats of Punjab Assembly. The election will be held on July 17
It is pertinent to mention that ECP has announced the schedule for the by-elections in these constituencies after 20 deviant members of PTI were de-seated by ECP in the Punjab Assembly.
The nomination papers can be submitted from June 4 to June 7 and scrutiny of nomination papers will be held till June 11 while the election symbols will be issued to the candidates on June 24.
The ECP on last Friday de-seated 25 dissident Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPAs who voted for PML-N’s Hamza Shahbaz Sharif in Punjab chief minister’s election. The election body had reserved its verdict on Tuesday on the reference seeking disqualification of 25 dissident PTI MPAs of the Punjab Assembly.
The dissident Punjab lawmakers include Abdul Aleem Khan, Nazir Ahmed Chohan, Uzma Kardar, Faisal Hayat, Raja Sagheer Ahmed, Malik Ghulam Rasool Sangha, Saeed Akbar Khan, Mohammad Ajmal, Mohammad Amin Zulqernain, Malik Nauman Langrial, Mohammad Salman, Zawar Hussain Warraich, Nazir Ahmed Khan, Fida Hussain, Zahra Batool, Mohammad Tahir, Aisha Nawaz, Sajida Yousaf, Haroon Imran Gill, Malik Asad Ali, Ijaz Masih, Mohammad Sabtain Raza, Mohsin Atta Khan Khosa, Mian Khalid Mehmood and Mehar Mohammad Aslam.
By-elections will be held on PP-7, PP-83, PP-90, PP-97, PP-125, PP-127, PP-140, PP-158, PP-167, PP-168, PP-170, PP-202, PP-217, PP-224, PP-228, PP-237, PP-272, PP-273, PP-282 Layyah and PP-288.
Earlier, the ECP had issued official notifications for the cancellation of the dissidents’ election from respective constituencies of Punjab and seats reserved for women and non-Muslims.
As many as 20 out of 25 dissidents were elected from different constituencies, three were elected on seats reserved for women and two were elected on seats reserved for non-Muslims.
