ISLAMABAD: The ECP on Thursday revoked the NA membership of PML-N MNA Khawaja Saad Rafique after an election tribunal unseated him on the basis of irregularities in NA-125 constituency in the 2013 elections.The ECP said in its notification that after the election tribunal’s decision, the minister’s membership should be deemed
By our correspondents
May 08, 2015
ISLAMABAD: The ECP on Thursday revoked the NA membership of PML-N MNA Khawaja Saad Rafique after an election tribunal unseated him on the basis of irregularities in NA-125 constituency in the 2013 elections. The ECP said in its notification that after the election tribunal’s decision, the minister’s membership should be deemed revoked from May 4. The ET said that several irregularities were committed in the constituency during the general elections and new polls should be conducted on the NA-125 seat. — Online Sohail Khan adds: Meanwhile, Saad Rafique challenged, in the SC the election tribunal’s May 4 verdict, ordering re-polling in NA-125, Lahore.Khawaja Haris, senior lawyer, filed a 15-page appeal with the Registrar Office of the Supreme Court against the election tribunal May 4 verdict calling for re-polling in the NA-125 Lahore.
