{"id":300466,"date":"2022-12-11T06:58:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T01:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=300466"},"modified":"2022-12-11T08:09:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T03:09:30","slug":"ecp-amends-candidates-affidavit-after-vawda-disqualification-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ecp-amends-candidates-affidavit-after-vawda-disqualification-case\/","title":{"rendered":"ECP amends candidates\u2019 affidavit after Vawda disqualification case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nThe Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has amended its affidavit for elections candidates after disqualification of former PTI leader Faisal Vawda.<br \/>\nThe candidates have to submit the amended version of the affidavit in future elections of the Senate and assembly membership.<br \/>\nA clause related to misinformation has been added in the new affidavit under which the membership will stand cancelled over misinformation in the election papers.<br \/>\nUnmute<br \/>\nIt will be mandatory for a candidate contesting election to submit the new affidavit with the election commission.<br \/>\nThe election candidate would also have to give details of his\/her foreign passport in their statements on oath. THE ECP has dispatched the new affidavit to all four provincial election commissioners.<br \/>\nThe Supreme Court of Pakistan in its verdict in Faisal Vawda\u2019s disqualification case, revoked his lifetime disqualification and declared him disqualified till the completion of current assembly\u2019s term.<br \/>\nChief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial issued a four-page order. The judgment stated that Faisal Vawda informed the court that he received the certificate of cancellation of his dual nationality on June 25, 2018, and he admitted that he misinformed the court.<br \/>\nThe apex court ruled that Vawda will be considered disqualified till the completion of the tenure of the current assembly. However, he will be eligible for the next elections.<br \/>\nThe court ordered the ousted PTI leader to submit his resignation to the Senate Chairman as quickly as possible. Vawda had challenged his lifetime disqualification following a verdict issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).<br \/>\nIn his petition, the former PTI leader had stated that the election commission was unauthorised to declare him disqualified for life. He was of the view that the Islamabad High Court (IHC) had dismissed his plea in haste.<br \/>\nThe ECP had declared the lifetime disqualification of Faisal Vawda in its verdict for submitting a fake affidavit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has amended its affidavit for elections candidates after disqualification of former PTI leader Faisal Vawda. The candidates have to submit the amended version of the affidavit in future elections of the Senate and assembly membership. A clause related to misinformation has been added in the new affidavit under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-300466","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ECP amends candidates\u2019 affidavit after Vawda disqualification case<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ecp-amends-candidates-affidavit-after-vawda-disqualification-case\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ECP amends candidates\u2019 affidavit after Vawda disqualification case\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ISLAMABAD The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has amended its affidavit for elections candidates after disqualification of former PTI leader Faisal Vawda. 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