{"id":60890,"date":"2024-12-31T13:34:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T08:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=60890"},"modified":"2024-12-31T13:34:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T08:34:21","slug":"ecp-notifies-adil-bazai-as-independent-member-of-national-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/ecp-notifies-adil-bazai-as-independent-member-of-national-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"ECP notifies Adil Bazai as independent member of National Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAAAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan<\/a> (ECP) <\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>formally<\/span>\u00a0notified Adil Bazai as a Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from the NA-262 constituency of Quetta,\u00a0<\/span>which<\/span>\u00a0he will\u00a0<\/span>serve<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>as an independent member of the house.<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span> decision comes after the Supreme Court of Pakistan<\/a> (SCP) ordered the ECP to suspend its previous notification from November 21<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that<\/span>\u00a0had affected\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0membership<\/span>\u00a0of Bazai<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>In<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>response<\/span>, the ECP has\u00a0<\/span>stated<\/span>\u00a0that Bazai is no longer\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>part<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz<\/a> (PML-N) and will\u00a0<\/span>be an independent member of the lower house.<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>previous<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>notification<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>by<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the ECP\u00a0<\/span>had de-seated Bazai,\u00a0<\/span>but<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>would<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>be<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>put<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>on<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>hold<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>till<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0final\u00a0<\/span>judgment<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>by<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme Court<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Furthermore<\/span>, the ECP\u00a0<\/span>suspended the by-election in NA-262\u00a0<\/span>due<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the apex court’s\u00a0<\/span>decision<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

It’s\u00a0<\/span>also<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>important<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to note\u00a0<\/span>that Bazai had initially been elected as an independent candidate, but later submitted an affidavit of affiliation with the PML-N, and then another oath paper about joining the Sunni Ittehad Council.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>was<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>disqualified<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>on a reference filed by PML-N President Nawaz Sharif, who\u00a0<\/span>claimed<\/span>\u00a0that Bazai had deviated from party policy during votes on the budget and the 26th constitutional amendment.<\/p>\n

However, the Supreme Court later\u00a0<\/span>rescinded<\/span>\u00a0Bazai’s disqualification, suspending the ECP’s decision and restoring his NA membership until a final court verdict is made. <\/span><\/p>\n

This development is\u00a0<\/span>important<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>because<\/span>\u00a0it\u00a0<\/span>throws<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>light on\u00a0<\/span>the ongoing complexities and challenges in Pakistan’s electoral landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAAAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has\u00a0formally\u00a0notified Adil Bazai as a Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from the NA-262 constituency of Quetta,\u00a0which\u00a0he will\u00a0serve\u00a0as an independent member of the house. The decision comes after the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) ordered the ECP to suspend its previous notification from November 21\u00a0that\u00a0had affected\u00a0the\u00a0membership\u00a0of Bazai.\u00a0In\u00a0response, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":60891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2611,25326,11252,25325],"class_list":["post-60890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-pakistan-muslim-league-nawaz-pml-n","tag-ecp-notifies-adil-bazai-as-independent-member","tag-election-commission-of-pakistan-ecp","tag-supreme-court-of-pakistan-scp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60892,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60890\/revisions\/60892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}