LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Pervaiz Elahi on Friday said that Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)’s decision regarding the deviant Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Members of Punjab Assembly (MPAs) has saved democracy in the country.
Pervaiz said that the ECP’s decision is a lesson for people who change loyalties. “First of all, I would like to thank Allah Almighty. Thanks to our team of lawyers and Chief Election Commissioner, who played key role to save the democracy,” he said.
Earlier in the day, the ECP de-seated 25 PTI MPAs for voting against their own party during the recent election of Punjab chief minister.
The dissident lawmakers are Raja Sagheer Ahmed, Malik Ghulam Rasool Sangha, Saeed Akbar Khan, Mohammad Ajmal, Abdul Aleem Khan, Nazir Ahmed Chohan, Mohammad Amin Zulqernain, Malik Nauman Langrial, Mohammad Salman, Zawar Hussain Warraich, Nazir Ahmed Khan, Fida Hussain, Zahra Batool, Mohammad Tahir, Aisha Nawaz, Sajida Yousaf, Haroon Imran Gill, Uzma Kardar, Malik Asad Ali, Ijaz Masih, Mohammad Sabtain Raza, Mohsin Atta Khan Khosa, Mian Khalid Mehmood, Mehar Mohammad Aslam and Faisal Hayat.
