KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday ordered all petitioners to approach the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for resolution of their complaints against election results and dismissed all such petitions.
The candidates of 40 constituencies had filed petitions in high court against election results.
The court also directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to decide all petitions by February 22. The election commission should also review the record of petitioners, the bench observed.
The Additional Attorney General and lawyers of the election commission and petitioners appeared in the court during the hearing. Earlier, Barrister Farrogh Naseem told the court that the Lahore High Court has rejected all these petitions.
Haleem Adil Shaikh’s counsel told the court that the success notification of the MQM candidate from NA-238 has been issued. “How could the notification be issued in night when all petitions have been under hearing of the court,” Chief Justice Aqeel Abbasi questioned.
The ECP lawyer said that the result of a constituency was prepared, so its notification was issued. ECP counsel said that the election commission has constituted two benches for hearing of petitions and proceedings being conducted over pleas coming to the electoral body. PTI-supported candidates Aftab Jahangir, Tariq Hussain, Rabistan Khan, Ataullah, Salehzada, Khurram Sherzaman, Ramzan Ghanchi, Murad Shaikh, Dawa Khan Sabir, Ghulam Qadir, Faheem Khan, Syed Faisal Ali, Shakeel Ahmed, Bashir Sodhar, Abdul Qadeer, M. Yasir and Shafeeq Shah have challenged the election results.
