KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday imposed a fine of Rs50,000 on Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Khurram Sher Zaman for ‘violating’ its code of conduct notified for Feb 8 general elections.

According to a statement issued by the office of the Sindh election commissioner, the district monitoring officer of South penalised the PTI Karachi president, who is also contesting election from NA-241 constituency, over ‘repeated violations’ of the code and not filing a reply.

The district monitoring officer of East also fined an aspirant from NA-248, Mohammad Hasan Khan, Rs48,000 on similar grounds.

Notices have also been issued to some other candidates contesting from Kashmore and Sukkur, including Ali Jam Mazari from NA-191 and PS-6 Mahboob Bajarani, it concluded.

Published in Dawn, February 2nd, 2024

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