After conducting a thorough investigation, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has declared that the degree of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA, Yousaf Ayub Khan, is fake. The ECP proceeded to pronounce him ineligible and has ordered re-elections in PK-50.
Yousaf Ayub got elected as a member of the provincial assembly from PK-50 Haripur-2 in the 2013 general elections. He won the election with 35,117 votes and the runner up was an independent candidate, Qazi Muhammad Asad Khan with 32,879.
Ayub’s eviction from his seat will also call for a new minister of communications and works as he held this position too.
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.