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Published 09 Jul, 2018 07:10pm

PTI candidate disqualified for using army chief, CJP's photos on campaign posters

The ECP on Monday disqualified a PTI candidate who used the pictures of the chief justice of Pakistan and the army chief in his campaign advertisements and posters.

PTI's candidate from Gujranwala's PP-53 constituency, Nasir Cheema, was ruled ineligible to contest the July 25 elections after he was found to have violated the electoral code of conduct issued by the commission.

The ECP had quizzed Cheema over the controversial posters last week and asked him to submit a reply explaining as to why he should not be disallowed from contesting the polls.

“Are they related to you? What is the army chief’s and CJP’s link to the elections? On what basis did you put up their pictures?” CEC Sardar Mohammad Raza

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