ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday declared 39 lawmakers — who contested election as independent candidate and later the joined the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) — as the members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in line with the Supreme Court’s July 12 verdict in reserved seats case.
The ECP uploaded the notification on its website to declare 39 NA lawmakers as the former ruling party’s members who had shown their affiliation with the PTI in their nomination papers for the February 8 nationwide polls.
The decision was taken in a key session held under the chair of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja today in which they reached a conclusion to upload the notification of 39 lawmakers’ affiliation with the Imran-founded party.
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