The Election Commission in Pakistan (ECP) has disqualified nine legislators associated with Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI), including Senate’s opposition leader Shibli Faraz and national assembly opposition leader Omar Ayub.
Other disqualified includes Sunni Ittehad Council Head Sahibzada Hamid Raza, Zartaj Yellow and Junaid Afzal Sahi.
ECP also disqualified Rai Hassan Nawaz, Rai Murtaza Iqbal, Rai Haider Ali and Ansar Iqbal.
A notification issued by the Commission confirmed their disqualification and declared their seats available.
According to the decision, a Senate seat and five National Assembly Seats are now available together with three seats in the Punjab assembly.
The disqualification was based on a decision by an anti-terrorism court in Faisalabad.
According to the Election Commission, the Senate Seat of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa is held by Senator Syed Shibli Faraz declared available.
The following national and provincial assembly seats are also vacated:
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NA-18 Haripur: Omar Ayub
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Na-96 Faisalabad: Rai Haider Ali Khan
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NA-104 Faisalabad: SaHibzada Muhammad Hamid Raza
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NA-143 Sahiwal: Rai Hassan Nawaz Khan
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NA-185 Dera Ghazi Khan: Zartaj Yellow
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PP-73 Sargodha: Muhammad Ansar Iqbal
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PP-98 Faisalabad: Junaid Afzal Sahi
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PP-203 Sahiwal: Rai Muhammad Murtaza Iqbal
