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PTI approaches LHC to de-seat of 25 dissident Punjab MPAs

Islamabad, April 27 (UNI) The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja to submit their responses by April 29 in connection to a reference to de-seat 25 dissident PTI lawmakers from the Punjab Assembly, Dawn reported.
PTI's parliamentary leader in the provincial assembly, Muhammad Sibtain Khan, had summitted the petition which was heard by Justice Shujaat Ali Khan.
The petition contended that under Article 63-A(1)(b)(i) of the Constitution, if any member of a parliamentary party votes or abstains from voting in the House contrary to any direction issued by the parliamentary party to which he belongs, in relation to the election of a prime minister or chief minister, he may be declared in writing by the party head to have defected from the political party, and the party head may forward a copy of the declaration to the presiding officer and the chief election commissioner and shall similarly forward a copy thereof to the member concerned.
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