The Pakistan Electoral Commission (ECP) on Tuesday disqualified the opposition leaders of the Senate and the National Assembly, the head of the Sunita Ittehad, Hamid Raza Council, and other PTI legislators after their convictions in cases related to the disturbances of May 9.
On May 9, 2023, PTI supporters, protesting the arrest of the founder of the Imran Khan party, organized violent protests throughout the country, destroying military facilities and state buildings, while attacked the residence of the commander of Lahore’s body. After the riots, thousands of protesters, including party leaders, were arrested.
An anti -terrorism court (ATC) in Faisalabad last week condemned more than 100 leaders and workers of the PTI, including several key opposition figures, to the terms of the prison of up to 10 years in relation to the disturbances of May 9. Opposition leader at the Omar Ayub Khan National Assembly, opposition leader in Senate Sibli Faraz, MNA Sartaj Gul, Race, Sheikh Rashid Shafique (Sobrino’s nephew of former Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid), Kanwal Shauzab, Farah Agha, Rai Haider Kharal and Muhammad Ahmad Beates Wetween Rigor 10 years of rigoros of the rigoros of the 10 years. imprisonment.
They were convicted under section 109 (punishment for the embedding) and section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Pakistan Criminal Code (PPC) in FIR No. 835/2023, registered at the Ghulam Muhammadabad Police station.
A NOTIFICATION FROM THE ECP TO SAID FARAZ, AYUB, KHARAL, RACE, MNA RAI HASSAN NAWAZ KHAN, GUL, MPA MUHAMMAD Ans From Being elected [if] … He has been, for condemning for any crime that involves moral turbitude, sitting down to imprisonment for a period of no less than two years) of the Constitution and his seats were vacant.
Development follows other recent disqualifications of PTI leaders and legislators.
On July 29, the ECP had disqualified MNA Abdul Latif from the Circumscription of Na-1 (upper and lower chitral), asking questions about the hurry with which a burst of similar decisions was taken in recent days.
On July 28, the commission had disqualified Senator Ejaz Chaudhry, Mna Mohammad Ahmed Chatta and Mpa Ahmad Khan.
