SC disqualifies PML-N’s Rashida Yaqoob

ISLAMABAD:- Supreme Court on Friday disqualified PML-N MPA Rashida Yaqoob over concealing her assets and ordered re-polling in Jhang’s PP-78.  The verdict reserved on March 4 was read by Justice Dost Muhammad over the four appeals of Rashida Yaqoob. A plea was filed in the Election Tribunal against the PML-N candidate by Maulana Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat. Rashida Yaqoob was disqualified over concealing her assets. She referred SC in the matter, however, all her appeals were dismissed by the court.–INP

Rashida Yaqoob was elected as MPA from PP-78.

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