The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday postponed elections in National Assembly constituency NA-83, Faisalabad after an independent candidate, Amjad Rabbani, died of cardiac arrest.
Polling date in this constituency would be decided after the May 11 elections.
Candidate Disqualified
A full bench of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday disqualified former MNA Chaudhry Zahid Iqbal from contesting the upcoming elections over possession of dual nationality, local media reported.
Iqbal was arrested earlier in April, for wrongly stating his dual nationality status while filing his nomination paper from NA-162 Sahiwal-III. He was charged under the Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution and was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 5,000.
He was previously disqualified by the Supreme Court in October 2012 for allegedly holding a British nationality under the dual nationality case.
Chaudhry Iqbal had won the 2008 elections from NA-162 constituency on a Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) ticket but joined the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) a night before the allotment of election symbols this year.
Inna Lila Hi Wa Inna Ilahi Rajiooon
mna-83 ma elections 11 may ko hi karwa jaya. jo guzar choka hain Allah un ko jannat atta farmaya.(Ameen)
dude ye conform news h??
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