PTI-backed candidates challenge results of NA constituencies
ISLAMABAD (TLTP): As the announcement of general elections 2024 were almost over, legal challenges to the election results started to land in courts on Saturday.
The election result of National Assembly constituency NA-48 was challenged in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) by a PTI-supported candidate.
Ali Bukhari filed a petition at the IHC on Saturday, praying the court to annul the result due to “faults” in the election process. Ali Bukhari also urged the court to fix the petition for hearing Saturday.
According to the unofficial election result from NA-48 Islamabad-III, independent candidate Raja Khurram Nawaz has won the poll by securing 69,699 votes. PTI-backed independent candidate Ali Bukhari was second with 59,851 votes.
Another PTI-supported independent candidate Shoaib Shaheen also moved IHC challenging the outcome of NA-47 result.
Meanwhile, PTI Sindh President Haleem Adil Sheikh has also challenged NA-238 result in Sindh High Court in Karachi.
Haleem Adil filed his plea through Barrister Ali Tahir, stating that he had obtained more than 71,000 votes in accordance with the form 45. However, MQM candidate Sadiq Iftikhar was declared winner with a margin of 54,000 after altering the form 47. He urged the court to annul the notification of Sadiq Iftikhar’s victory.
PTI-backed independent candidate Rehana Dar has challenged election result of NA-71 in Lahore High Court. She informed the court that his rival PML-N’s Khawaja Asif had lost election as per the form 45. She urged to court to stop ECP from issuing the final election result of NA-71.
The victory of MQM-P’s Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui from NA-248 was also challenged in Sindh High Court by independent candidate Arsalan Khalid.
Arsalan Khalid filed a petition in SHC through Barrister Ali Tahir, urging the court that as per form 45 Arsalan Khalid won the election by a big margin but while readying form 47 the RO expelled all the candidates and their agents out of his office. The RO changed the result, declaring Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui as winner with 103,082 votes. The court urged to annul the form 47.
PTI-backed independent candidate from NA-119 Shahzad Farooq has challenged the election victory of PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz in Lahore High Court.
The election victory of another PML-N leader Ataullah Tarar from NA-127 was also challenged in IHC by independent candidate Zaheer Abbas Khokhar.
Candidate Umar Aslam Khan has challenged the election victory of his rival from NA-87 Khushab in LHC. Candidate Ali Ijaz Buttar Advocate has also challenged election victory of his rival in NA-117.
