ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has fixed for hearing, next week, the respective cases against four lawmakers linked to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)— comprising Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sohail Afridi, former CM KP Ali Amin Gandapur, a minister and a special assistant in the KP government— over alleged violation of the related election laws.
The relevant cause lists issued by the ECP suggest that the electoral entity has fixed cases for hearing on the coming Tuesday against KP’s Member Provincial Assembly (MPA) and former CM Gandapur, Housing Minister Dr Amjad Ali and Special Assistant to the CM on Information Shafi Ullah Jan.
The case against Afridi, the CM, is fixed for hearing on the coming Wednesday.
The case against Gandapur is based on the notice taken by the ECP over alleged discrepancies in his wealth statement submitted to the ECP for the financial year 2022-23.Amjad Ali’s case is also based on the notice taken by the ECP over alleged discrepancies in his wealth statement submitted to the ECP for fiscal year 2023-24. He faces another case in the ECP, also fixed for hearing on Tuesday, on a petition seeking his disqualification allegedly over remarks regarding terrorism in the country.
CM Afridi is accused of code of conduct violation related to the by-election on the National Assembly’s seat NA-18 Haripur that was held on November 23 last year.
On November 20, last year, the ECP took notice of CM KP’s public speech in Havelian, a tehsil of district Abbottabad, delivered a day earlier on November 19.
The poll entity accused CM Afridi of threatening the district administration, police, and electoral officials assigned to hold the NA-18 by-election in the said speech.
The electoral body then fixed this case for regular hearing.
Babar Nawaz Khan from Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), the returned candidate for NA-18, is also the petitioner against Afridi in the same case.
Earlier on Tuesday, the proceedings of this case were adjourned indefinitely after CM KP’s counsel informed the ECP bench that Peshawar High Court (PHC) issued a stay order barring the ECP from proceeding further in this case.
The ECP officials informed the bench that the PHC did not issue any written order restricting the ECP to hold proceedings of this case.
However, Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, who was heading the bench, was of the view that the bench should wait till receiving the PHC’s formal stay order.
Any further action, he said, would be taken in accordance with the PHC order.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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