On Friday, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) partially allowed a petition filed by PTI’s Umar Amin Gandapur, setting aside his disqualification by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) as the mayoral candidate for Dera Ismail Khan. The ECP had disqualified Umar from contesting the local body election, scheduled to take place next week, over repeated breaches of the election code of conduct despite warnings. However, the IHC had nullified the ECP’s decision on Umar’s disqualification just a day later, after Umar had filed the petition.
