The Pakistan Electoral Commission (ECP) has disqualified nine legislators affiliated with Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI), including the opposition leader of the Senate, Shibli Faraz and the opposition leader of the National Assembly, Omar Ayub.
Other disqualified include the head of the Sunita Ittehad Sahibzada Hamid Raza, Sartaj Gul and Junaid Afzal Sahi.
The ECP also disqualified Rai Hassan Nawaz, Rai Murtaza Iqbal, Rai Haider Ali and Ansar Iqbal.
A notification issued by the Commission confirmed its disqualification and declared its vacancies.
According to the decision, a seat in the Senate and five seats of the National Assembly are now vacancies, along with three seats in the Punjab assembly.
The disqualification was based on an anti -terrorism court in Faisalabad.
According to the Electoral Commission, the headquarters of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Senate held by Senator Syed Shibli Faraz has been declared vacant.
The following seats of the National and Provincial Assembly have also been unoccupied:
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Na-18 Haripur: Omar Ayub
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NA-96 Faisalabad: Rai Haider Ali Khan
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NA-104 Faisalabad: Sahibzada Muhammad Hamid Raza
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Na-143 Sahiwal: Rai Hassan Nawaz Khan
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Na-185 Dera Ghazi Khan: Sartaj Gul
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PP-73 Sargodha: Muhammad Ansar Iqbal
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PP-98 Faisalabad: Junaid Afzal Sahi
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PP-203 SAHIWAL: RAI MUHAMMAD MURTAZA IQBAL
