ISLAMABAD: PML-N and PTI leaders were served notices, by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday, for leading election canvassing before the by-polls in the NA-120 constituency.
The ECP termed it a violation of the code of conduct of commission.
Senator Pervez Rasheed, MNAs Shaista Pervaiz Malik, Maiza Hameed and Rukhsana Kokab, and MPA Saiful Malook Khokhar and State Minister of Interior Affairs Talal Chaudhry were served notices for campaigning for PML-N candidate Kulsoom Nawaz in violation of the code.
PTI lawmakers Mehmood Rasheed and Sadia Sohail Rana were also served notices by the ECP.
According to the ECP’s code of conduct, members of the national and provincial assemblies are barred from engaging in political activities in the NA-120 constituency ahead of the by-poll.
“The ECP has prohibited members of the national assembly from campaigning for the by-election,” the notifications read.
The commission asked all the lawmakers to appear before the commission on September 20.
The ECP also summoned the Punjab chief secretary to appear before it on September 20 for a hearing into the violation of the code of conduct.
