Islamabad:
On Tuesday, the Pakistan Electoral Commission (ECP) disqualified the member of the National Assembly Jamshed Dasti for the possession of false academic references.
The Commission accepted a reference sent by the president of the National Assembly as well as two petitions requesting the disqualification of Dasti.
A bench of the electoral commission of three members, led by the member of the ECP (Sindh) Nisar Durrani, heard a petition deposited by Ameer Akbar concerning the assets and passives of Mna Jamshed Dasti.
The member of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) of the electoral commission wondered if Mna Jamshed Dasti had non -disclosed property.
In response, the petitioner’s lawyer argued that Dasti had listed a qualification of AF (intermediary) on his appointment documents, although he did not finish his registration.
The petitioner’s lawyer added that Jamshed Dasti had submitted his information certificate only from the Karachi board of directors in response. Hearing this, the member of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) of the electoral commission noted that the ECP had the power to disqualify it.
The decision followed the approval of two petitions against him, one of which was a reference filed by the president of the National Assembly requesting his disqualification.
The electoral commission also ordered the authorities to initiate legal proceedings against Jamshed Dasti.
In May, the electoral commission decided to have the academic diplomas of Dasti authenticated by the Karachi Education Board authenticate.
Jamshed Dasti, elected from NA-175 Muzaffargarh during the previous general elections, was faced with legal proceedings under articles 62 and 63, as well as articles 4, 9 and 137 of the 2017 elections Act. Petitions seeking its disqualification were deposited by Ameer Akbar, Zulfiqar Dogar and Sardar Faizul Hassan.
Meanwhile, the ECP rejected the request of the opposition chief Omar Ayub to remove the active case and postponed the hearing until July 29.
A bench of five members, led by the chief election commissioner, met to hear the case concerning the assets of Omar Ayub.
Representing the head of the PTI and head of the opposition to the National Assembly, his lawyer argued that the details of the assets and the liabilities should be submitted by December 31.
According to the rules, the electoral commission is authorized to initiate a complaint against a member of the Assembly within 120 days of receiving declarations of inaccurate assets. However, in this case, the Commission published the opinion after April 29 of this year.
Omar Ayub’s lawyer argued that the opinion of the electoral commission had violated the procedural rules and urged its withdrawal. However, the Commission rejected the request.
The member of the electoral commission, Shah Mohammad, added to the legal council of Omar Ayub that the initial opinion had been issued within the prescribed period and said that the electoral commission had provided the provision of a fair trial.
