The Pakistan Electoral Commission (ECP) has disqualified nine legislators affiliated to Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf (PTI), including the opposition chief of the Shibli Faraz Senate and the Opposition Chief of the National Assembly Omar Ayub.
Others disqualified include the chief of the Sunni Ittehad Sahibzada Hamid Raza, Zartaj Gul and Junaid Afzal Sahi.
The 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 its vacant seats.
According to the decision, a seat in the Senate and five seats in the National Assembly are now vacant, as well as three seats in the Punjab Assembly.
Disqualification was based on a decision by a short anti -terrorist in Faisalabad.
According to the electoral commission, the headquarters of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Senate owned by Senator Syed Shibli Faraz was declared vacant.
The seats of the following National Assembly were also canceled:
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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 Gul
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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
