Multan- An election tribunal today disqualified Punjab Minister for Prisons Chaudhry Abdul Waheed Arain, for possession of two National Identity Cards (NIC).

The application against the minister was filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member Rana Abdul Jabbar, who had said that the minister possessed more than one NIC. Arain was elected as member of Provincial Assembly from P-196 in Multan, on the ticket of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) during the General Elections 2013.

On February 3, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in a letter notified all election tribunals to speed up the process of hearings related to the elections with immediate effect.