[Dawn] Another Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is
Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) politician may face disqualification as an election tribunal on Monday fixed August 28 for the 'framing of issues' against its MPA Raja Rashid Hafeez from Rawalpindi for defaulting on Rs4.8 million of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (SNGPL).
It may be noted that on July 18, the Supreme Court suspended the membership of MNA Ghulam Sarwar Khan of the PTI for having a bogus educational certificate. On July 29, the Lahore High Court (LHC)'s Rawalpindi bench disqualified Ayla Malik from contesting by-elections from NA-71 Mianwali, the home seat of PTI chief Imran Khan
... aka
Taliban Khan, who ain't the sharpest bulb on the national tree...
, for having a fake degree.
On May 11, Mr Hafeez won the PP-11 Rawalpindi seat bagging 44,430 votes against 43,267 of Ziaullah Shah, a candidate of the PML-N.
Mr Shah has sought disqualification of his rival, alleging that in addition to the Rs4.8 million default, Mr Hafeez had also concealed foreign currency bank accounts of his own and his spouse in his nomination papers.