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[H2]Ruling coalition loses 27 reserved seats in Punjab[/H2]
• Speaker suspends PML-N's 23, PPP's two, and one member each of PML-Q, IPP
• Decision announced on point of order raised by PTI-backed SIC leader
• In National Assembly, ruling coalition also likely to lose 23 seats ahead of budget session
The ruling coalition in Punjab led by PML-N on Friday lost dozens of reserved seats in the provincial assembly when the speaker suspended 24 women and three minority MPAs elected on reserved seats and barred them from joining the house proceedings.
Twenty-three of the suspended MPAs belonged to PML-N, two to PPP and one each to PML-Q and IPP.
Speaker Malik Mohammad Ahmed Khan took the decision on a point of order raised a day ago by opposition lawmaker Rana Aftab of PTI-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) during the house proceedings.
The opposition member had argued that the Supreme Court had suspended the decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) of allocating the reserved seats of SIC to other parties on the plea that the SIC had neither contested elections nor had submitted a list of nominees for the seats reserved for women and minorities.
• Speaker suspends PML-N's 23, PPP's two, and one member each of PML-Q, IPP
• Decision announced on point of order raised by PTI-backed SIC leader
• In National Assembly, ruling coalition also likely to lose 23 seats ahead of budget session
The ruling coalition in Punjab led by PML-N on Friday lost dozens of reserved seats in the provincial assembly when the speaker suspended 24 women and three minority MPAs elected on reserved seats and barred them from joining the house proceedings.
Twenty-three of the suspended MPAs belonged to PML-N, two to PPP and one each to PML-Q and IPP.
Speaker Malik Mohammad Ahmed Khan took the decision on a point of order raised a day ago by opposition lawmaker Rana Aftab of PTI-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) during the house proceedings.
The opposition member had argued that the Supreme Court had suspended the decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) of allocating the reserved seats of SIC to other parties on the plea that the SIC had neither contested elections nor had submitted a list of nominees for the seats reserved for women and minorities.
