ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has served notice to Punjab Home Minister Ata Tarar for violating the code of conduct (CoC) during the electioneering ahead of the Punjab by-polls.
The notice was served to Ata Tarar by the district monitoring officer Jhang for visiting PP-125 and PP-127 Jhang and meeting with the people of the constituencies ahead of the elections.
The district monitoring officer has directed Punjab Home Minister Ata Tarar to appear on July 1 in person or with his lawyer for an explanation. It may be noted that according to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) code of conduct, no public office holder can visit the constituency, after the announcement of the election schedule.
The Election Commission has announced by-elections to 20 vacant general seats of the Punjab Assembly on July 17. These 20 seats fell vacant after the ECP de-seated 25 PTI MPAs including five elected on women and minorities seats for voting in favour of Hamza Shehbaz during election for chief minister Punjab against the party guidelines.
