ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday expressed displeasure over the ruling party?s non-serious attitude towards following the code of conduct in the NA-120 by-poll.

In a hearing conducted by a two-member commission, the chief election commissioner expressed serious displeasure over Provincial Food Minister Bilal Yasin?s failure to appear before the commission. The hearing was held on a notice taken by the ECP after a complaint by its monitoring team over the violation of the code of conduct in the NA-120 campaign.

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The CEC said that Yasin is in violation of the code of conduct, saying others will follow suit if the ruling party itself violates the conduct.

The ECP gave the minister until September 7 to file his reply and said that a show cause notice will be issued to him if he continues with the violation.