The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday disqualified Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KPK) minister Shah Muhammad Wazirfor five years over disturbing law and order situation during the first phase of local government (LG) elections in the province, media reported.
The verdict was passed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in a case related to disturbing law and order in Bannu’s Tehsil of BakaKhel during the recent first phase of the local bodies’ elections.
The ECP disqualified Shah Muhammad and his son MamoonRasheed for five years for attacking polling stations in BakaKhel. Shah has been denotified by the ECP as MPA.
The polling in the area was postponed due to the law and order situation.
On the polling day the incident of abduction of police personnel, polling staff and snatching of different polling bags/materials at different polling stations of Tehsil BakaKhel were reported.
“The situation warrants the postponement of the polling process in Tehsil BakaKhel till the normalisation of law and order situation,” the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had said.
