A notification by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) over reserved seats for women MNAs from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa stoked a fresh controversy yesterday as the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) distanced itself from the legislator purported to belong to the party.

But contrary to claims made by Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the JUI-F chief, the name was present on the list submitted to the ECP.

The Maulana called for an investigation into “inclusion of the name of an unknown woman” in the notification for reserved seats.

In a letter to the chief election commissioner, the JUI-F supremo stated: “It is requested that the Commission probe the matter to ascertain whether it occurred by mistake or by deliberation.

Miss Sadaf Ihsan has been “wrongly notified as she does not belong to JUI-F” and her name did not appear on the party’s priority list for reserved seats, Maulana Fazl said.

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