QUETTA, May 24: The PML-N suffered a setback on Friday when the Supreme Court disqualified its MPA-elect Mir Abdul Ghafoor Lehri after he failed to submit his graduation degree.

Mr Lehri, who is senior vice-president of the party’s Balochistan chapter, had won the election from PB-29 Nasirabad.

The apex court had allowed him to contest the election on the condition that if he failed to produce his BA degree he would be disqualified even after winning the seat.

The disqualification of Mr Lehri has reduced the number of PML-N’s seats in the Balochistan Assembly to eight. However, it remains a majority party in the province because five independent members have joined it.

The Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party has 10 seats and the National Party seven. An independent candidate has joined the NP.