ECP disqualifies Senator Faisal Vawda over dual nationality

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Faisal Vawda moves SC challenging lifetime disqualification

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has disqualified Senator Faisal Vawda over dual nationality on Wednesday.

Faisal Vawda has violated the Article 62 1-F.  The ECP ordered to withdraw the notification of Vawda’s membership of the Senate. It also directed the PTI leader to return salary and incentives he received as MNA.

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Faisal Vawda resigned from the membership of the national assembly the next day by casting a vote in the senate election to hide the crime, the verdict said.

The chief election commissioner has announced a brief decision, saying that Faisal Vawda had submitted a false statement to the returning officer.