May 5, 2021
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Tuesday accepted PMLN candidate Miftah Ismail s application ordering recount in NA-249 Karachi on May 6.
The Commission had on Saturday issued a stay order, withholding the results of NA-249, Karachi by-elections. The stay order was issued on the application of PMLN candidate Miftah Ismail, seeking recount.
The Commission directed the contestants to reach the office of returning officer (RO) at 9am on May 6 for the recount. Chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, a four-member bench conducted the hearing. Miftah s counsel argued that the signatures of presiding officers (POs) of 167 polling stations were missing on Form-45, while the party s polling agents were also not given Form-46. He argued that Form-46 was just as important as Form-45 according to Justice Nasirul Mulk Commission report. He said the presiding officers were bound to provide Form-45 and Form-46 to the polling ag
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ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/ KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Tuesday accepted PMLN candidate Miftah Ismail’s application ordering recount in NA-249 Karachi on May 6.
The Commission had on Saturday issued a stay order, withholding the results of NA-249, Karachi by-elections.
The stay order was issued on the application of PMLN candidate Miftah Ismail, seeking recount.
The Commission directed the contestants to reach the office of returning officer (RO) at 9am on May 6 for the recount.
Chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, a four-member bench conducted the hearing.
Miftah’s counsel argued that the signatures of presiding officers (POs) of 167 polling stations were missing on Form-45, while the party’s polling agents were also not given Form-46.
May 5, 2021
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Tuesday accepted PMLN candidate Miftah Ismail s application ordering recount in NA-249 Karachi on May 6.
The Commission had on Saturday issued a stay order, withholding the results of NA-249, Karachi by-elections. The stay order was issued on the application of PMLN candidate Miftah Ismail, seeking recount.
The Commission directed the contestants to reach the office of returning officer (RO) at 9am on May 6 for the recount. Chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, a four-member bench conducted the hearing. Miftah s counsel argued that the signatures of presiding officers (POs) of 167 polling stations were missing on Form-45, while the party s polling agents were also not given Form-46.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz have said that the Karachi NA-249 by-election was rigged and asked for a recount. PPP’s Qadir Khan Mandokhail emerged victorious after the vote count on Thursday night. He won the election with a margin of 600 votes. PML-N’s Miftah Ismail, who came in second, remarked that the party will write to the Election Commission and demand a forensic audit of the polls. “It is not possible that the surveys showed that I will win and I was winning in 190 polling stations and the results showed something else.” We will ask the electoral body for a vote recount, he added. Maryam Nawaz, the PML-N vice-president, said that the .
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KARACHI: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was leading the by-election for the closely contested NA-249 constituency of Karachi on Thursday, while the Pakistan Peoples Party’s candidate was a close second after a polling process which saw a considerably low turnout.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Amjad Afridi, PPP’s Abdul Qadir Mandokhel, Pakistan Sarzameen Party’s (PSP) Mustafa Kamal, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan’s (MQM-P) Hafiz Muhammad Mursaleen and PML-N’s Miftah Ismail were the major players among the 30 contenders for the seat left vacant after resignation of Faisal Vawda in March.
As this story went to print, unofficial and preliminary results by Geo News showed PML-N’s Miftah Ismail leading in 52 of the 276 polling stations with 2,413 votes.