ECP accepts Miftah Ismail’s plea for recount in NA-249 by-poll
Pakistan
Miftah Ismail, PML-N’s candidate for NA-249.
ISLAMABAD: PML-N candidate Miftah Ismail’s plea for a recount in the entire NA-249 constituency has been accepted by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
In the order, the Election Commission has directed all the political parties to reach the office of Returning Officer at 9:00am on May 6 where the recounting would be held.
Ismail had written a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, seeking a vote recount in NA-249 after he lost the poll by 683 votes. PPP’s Qadir Khan Mandokhel had pulled off a surprising victory in the April 29 election.
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KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has withheld by-poll results of Karachi’s NA-249 constituency pending a hearing on May 4 after Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Miftah Ismail wrote to the chief election commissioner (CEC) requesting a recount.
According to a notification by the ECP, the hearing will be held on May 4, and notices have been sent to all respondents. In the meanwhile, the ECP has issued a stay order, withholding results of the by-poll.
Ismail had written to the chief election commissioner seeking a vote recount in NA-249 and requested a forensic audit of the votes in the constituency after his party lost by a narrow margin of 683 votes to Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Qadir Mandokhel.
26 Apr 2021
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