IDP to revoke membership of over 5,000
10 Nov 2009, 8:43 AM
The Islamic Democratic Party (IDP) has asked the Elections Commission (EC) to remove 5,044 people who signed for the party last year from its official registry.
Speaking to Minivan News yesterday, Umar Naseer, leader of the party, said the party received over a 100 complaints from people claiming they did not sign for the party.
“So the committee decided to remove the whole batch,” he said. “This is because the same team collected the signatures from all over the country in 2008.”
He added the team could not provide adequate explanations to the questions raised by the committee.
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