ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday disqualified Member of the National Assembly Justice (Retd) Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema for concealing his assets .

Mr. Cheema was elected as a member of the lower house of parliament in the May 2013 General Elections on a Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) ticket from Punjab's Gujranwala-VII NA-101 constituency.

The apex court also directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to announce the schedule for re-polling in the constituency.

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Earlier, his opponent Ahmed Chattha – who was contesting elections against Cheema on PML-Junejo ticket, accused the PML-N lawmaker of hiding the details of his assets in the nomination forms which were submitted to contest the General Elections May 2013.

Ahmed Chattha is the younger son of Hamid Nasir Chattha.