PTI MPA's degree declared fake, re-elections to be held in PK-50
- September 27, 2013, 12:34 pm
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ABBOTABAD: The degree of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Yousaf Ayub Khan has been declared fake, Express News reported on Friday.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has declared him ineligible, and has ordered re-elections in PK-50.
Yousaf Ayub was Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) candidate in PK-50 Haripur-2, he was elected as a member of the provincial assembly in the 2013 general elections.
He won the PK-50 election with 35,117 votes and the runner up was Independent candidate Qazi Muhammad Asad Khan with 32,879 votes.
Ayub was also Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) minister for communication and works.
Other cases of fake degrees
On September 24, former Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MPA Bashir Ahmed was sentenced to two years in prison as his degree was found to be fake by a court in Badin. He was also fined Rs5,000.
Bashir Ahmed was a PPP member of parliament from PS-56 in the former Sindh government.
Previously, three elected legislators fell prey to fake degree cases in July, when the Supreme Court suspended the membership of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf parliamentarian Ghulam Sarwar Khan and de-notified the membership of two Punjab provincial assembly members for holding fake degrees.
The Supreme Court also declared Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid MPA Samina Khawar Hayat ineligible in July after she contested elections on a fake BBA degree.
