The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday de-notified Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan from six National Assembly seats — on which he emerged victorious last year.
The electoral authority, in a notification, stated that the former prime minister — who was ousted from power last year — had been de-notified from his seats in NA 22 Mardan, NA 24 Charsadda, NA 31 Peshawar, NA 108, NA 118 Nankana and NA 239 Karachi.
On January 19, the ECP issued a notification confirming Imran Khan’s victory in seven seats that Imran won in the by-elections held in October last year. The notification had previously been withheld due to his alleged failure to submit the party’s funding details to the electoral body.
After his de-notification from the six earlier seats, Khan now holds the Kurram seat, for which he may take oath and join the NA.
In October, the former PM contested by-polls and won six seats — NA-22, NA-24, NA-31, NA-108, NA-118, NA-239, and NA-45. These seats were vacated when the NA speaker accepted the resignations of nine PTI MNAs, who had tendered resignations en masse as the party policy.
