Islamabad: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has disqualified Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Advisor on Tourism Abdul Munim as member of provincial assembly for breaching the rules and regulation of Election.
Sher Alam Khan rival candidate of Abdul Munim had filed petition in ECP taking the plea that Abdul Munim had retired from government service one month before contesting the election while one can contest polls two years after his retirement from government service as per rules.
The ECP while hearing the case disqualified Abdul Munim.
It is pertinent to mention here that Abdul Munim was elected an MPA from PK-88 Shangla.
PTI MPA from KP’s Shangla disqualified by election commission
The Election Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday disqualified Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) MPA Abdul Munim Khan, who was elected from Shangla during the 2013 general elections.
Khan was disqualified on allegations that he was a serving government school teacher before the 2013 elections.
ECP announced the decision on the petition filed by an opponent candidate Sher Alam, who claimed Khan was a primary school teacher in the Kohistan district.
Alam had said that according to the law, a government servant could not contest elections unless there was a two year gap from the time he retired.
Khan was serving as an advisor to chief minister of KP and was an MPA from Shangla district.
He was also special assistant to the chief minister for tourism, and went to China with the chief minister for a road show.
