LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has requested applications for party tickets in 20 vacant seats after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) dismissed 20 Punjab Assembly lawmakers for voting for Hamza Shahbaz during the Punjab Chief Minister election, SIAL NEWS reported.
The last date for submitting applications is June 1 and application forms can be purchased from the PTI official website, while information can also be obtained from the president of the concerned district and the party’s secretariat in Punjab.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced that by-elections in 20 general seats of the Punjab Assembly will be held on July 17.
The ECP has announced the timetable for the election of 20 vacant provincial seats after defecting MPAs from the PTI were removed from office.
According to the schedule, nomination papers for the by-election could be filed June 4-7.
The scrutiny of the nomination papers will take place on June 11, the ECP said.
The candidates will be announced election symbols on June 24, while voting will take place on July 17.
The ECP had overthrown 25 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) dissident MPAs who voted for Hamza Shahbaz Sharif of PML-N in the election of the Prime Minister of Punjab.
The electoral body had withheld its verdict on the reference seeking the disqualification of 25 dissident PTI MPAs from the Punjab Assembly.
Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi sent a referral against 25 members, including five members in reserved seats.
the Dissident Punjabi legislators include Abdul Aleem Khan, Nazir Ahmed Chohan, Uzma Kardar, Faisal Hayat, Raja Sagheer Ahmed, Malik Ghulam Rasool Sangha, Saeed Akbar Khan, Mohammad Ajmal, Mohammad Amin Zulqernain, Malik Nauman Langrial, Mohammad Salman, Zawar Hussain Warraich, Nazir Ahmed Khan , Fida Hussain, Zahra Batool, Mohammad Tahir, Aisha Nawaz, Sajida Yousaf, Haroon Imran Gill, Malik Asad Ali, Ijaz Masih, Mohammad Sabtain Raza, Mohsin Atta Khan Khosa, Mian Khalid Mehmood, and Mehar Mohammad Aslam.
