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Pakistan: ECP reserves decision on disqualification of dissident PTI members

Islamabad, May 17 (UNI) The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday reserved its decision on the disqualification references for the 25 dissident Punjab MPAs of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Express Tribune reported.
The disqualification reference against the PTI's dissident members was sent to the ECP by Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi. Arguments in the case were completed on Tuesday.
The counsel for the dissident members of the provincial assembly argued that the MPAs were unaware of the directions given by the parliamentary party about voting for Pervaiz Elahi for the slot of Punjab chief minister, which the PTI counsel argued that the MPAs argument reminded him of what "we call the sleepwalking defence" adding that, "Lawyers of yesteryears were men of great sagacity and wisdom. In my initial days of practice, I used to make it a point to visit them to learn. At one such meeting, with one of the most famous criminal lawyers of the time, I asked him what was the worst and most absurd defence he had ever taken in his cases".
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