US EditionPTI's Parliamentary Core Falls to ECP's Guillotine
PAKISTAN, AUG 5 – The Election Commission disqualified nine Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf lawmakers after their 10-year prison sentences for involvement in May 9 riots and attacks on military sites.
- On Tuesday, the Election Commission of Pakistan de-notified nine PTI lawmakers, including Omar Ayub Khan and Shibli Faraz, following their convictions in the May 9 cases.
- Last week’s verdicts handed 10-year terms to PTI leaders, including Omar Ayub and Shibli Faraz, for involvement in the May 9, 2023 riots.
- In addition to Omar Ayub and Shibli Faraz, Zartaj Gul, Sahibzada Hamid Raza, and eight MPAs—Muhammad Ansar Iqbal, Junaid Afzal Sahi, Rai Murtaza Iqbal, and Rai Haider Ali—were declared ineligible.
- This development deals a serious blow to PTI’s parliamentary representation and coincided with protests marking two years of Imran Khan’s incarceration on August 5.
- The disqualifications were carried out under Article 63 of the Constitution, acting on a Supreme Court ruling and after ATCs expedited May 9 cases.
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