Summary MPAs could face disqualification if failed to prove that they don’t posses any other nationality.
LAHORE: The fate of 35 members of provincial assembly hangs in the balance as the Election Commission decides on their future on Thursday, following their failure to submit declarations affirming they do not hold dual nationality.
According to the source, the lawmakers include Zaeem Qadri, Tariq Mehmood, Raja Shaukat Aziz Bhatti, Ghulam Sarwar, Rana Babar Hussain, Dr Faruukh Javed, Syed Raza Ali Gilani, Pir Kashmir Ali Chishti, Tahir Khalil Sindhu, Makhdoom Muhammad Irtaza, Arifa Khalid Pervez, Shehryar Riaz, Zaffar Zulqarnain Sahi, Tanvir-ul-Islam, Humaira Awais Shahid, Zeb Jaffer, Samiyya Amjad, Mussarat Hussain, Razia Joseph, Makhdoom Syed Iftikhar Gilani, Fozia Behram, Muhammad Saeed Mughal, Sardar Muhammad Hussain, Faiza Ahmed Malik, Imran Khalid Butt, Shah Jehan Ahmed Bhatti, Ali Haider, Noor Khan, Hafiz Mian Nauman, Mohsin Latif, Malik Shamsher Haider, Imran Ashraf and Muhammad Yar Heraj.
Election Commission (EC) has issued notices to the provincial assembly members to appear in the hearing of dual-nationality reference today.
Two of the assembly members including Jamil Ashraf and Tahir Ali Javed have already stepped down, however, notices were still served to them to appear before the ECP.
