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20 MPs to appear in ECP today to defend fake degrees

ISLAMABAD
Twenty lawmakers accused of possessing fake or invalid educational degrees would appear before a special committee of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) today (Monday) to defend their position.
Earlier, the ECP had set October 25 as the deadline for the completion of hearing of all cases, however, an Election Commission official said that it was impossible for the ECP to meet the deadline, as most of the cases were yet to be heard. He said the commission

Lawyers laud SC verdict, urge MPs to implement it

ISLAMABAD
Hailing Supreme Court's interim order on the 18th Amendment, the top jurists of the country have demanded of the parliament to incorporate SC's recommendations on Article 175-A which deals with the appointment of superior court judges.
They said that it was now imminent to bring another (19th) Amendment and get it passed from the parliament to implement SC's interim order; otherwise after the passage of three-months - till the next hearing on 18th Amendment case,

EC restores membership of 48 more MPs

ISLAMABAD
Three legislators, Member of the National Assembly Mazhar Hayat and two members of Punjab Assembly Seemal Kamran and Farah Deeba were issued final notice to appear before the Special Committee of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for having fake or invalid degrees.
The degree of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)Shafiq Gujjar, declared fake by HEC on the basis of information provided by Al-Khair University, turned out to be genuine as the university

ECP summons 12 MPs, restores 25

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has summoned 12 lawmakers, including a federal minister for livestock and dairy development, today (Thursday) before its special committee to defend their positions in the fake degree cases.
An ECP official said that Livestock and Dairy Development Minister Mir Humayun Aziz Kurd had been sent a final notice to appear before the committee. Other parliamentarians summoned include Nasim Nasir Khawaja, Shumaila Rana, Seemal Kamran,

ECP restores 16 MPs’ membership

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday restored sixteen lawmakers' membership as they filed statements of their assets and liabilities.
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Joint Secretary Afzal Khan said that Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan Justice(R) Hamid Ali Mirza had restored membership of sixteen lawmakers, including four MNAs and twelve MPAs, who were suspended on Monday.
The MNAs whose membership was restored included Jamiat-e-Ulema