ECP allows recount of NA-249 by-poll in Karachi ANI | Updated: May 04, 2021 22:58 IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 4 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday accepted Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Miftah Ismail s application for reconting of votes in the NA-249 Karachi by-election.
The ECP directed leaders of political parties who had contested the by-election to reach the office of the returning officer (RO) at 9 am on May 06 for the recount, Dawn reported.
PML-N President and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz welcomed that Ismail s application was accepted. Happy to learn that PMLN s demand for a vote recount in NA-249 has been accepted. The narrow difference in votes of the top contestants necessitated this in the interest of transparency. Credibility of vote is a sure foundation of democracy, he tweeted.
Pak leader says Imran Khan govt facing repeated defeats
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03 May 2021, 14:03 GMT+10
Narowal [Pakistan], May 3 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Secretary-General Ahsan Iqbal has taken a jibe at Prime Minister Imran Khan s party, saying the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) wants to introduce electronic voting because it has repeatedly faced defeat in the elections.
Speaking to mediapersons here, Iqbal said that electronic voting was yet another drama staged by the ruling PTI to rig the elections, reported Geo News. The PTI did not think of introducing electoral reforms in the last three years but suddenly came up with the idea of electronic voting after facing defeat in by-polls again and again, said Iqbal.
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Imran Khan govt wants to introduce electronic voting due to repeated defeats in polls, says Pak leader ANI | Updated: May 03, 2021 09:16 IST
Narowal [Pakistan], May 3 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Secretary-General Ahsan Iqbal has taken a jibe at Prime Minister Imran Khan s party, saying the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) wants to introduce electronic voting because it has repeatedly faced defeat in the elections.
Speaking to mediapersons here, Iqbal said that electronic voting was yet another drama staged by the ruling PTI to rig the elections, reported Geo News. The PTI did not think of introducing electoral reforms in the last three years but suddenly came up with the idea of electronic voting after facing defeat in by-polls again and again, said Iqbal.
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The PTI and the PML-N on Friday rejected the results of the by-election in Karachi as PPP’s Qadir Khan Mandokhail emerged victorious in NA-249 after securing 16,156 votes.
PML-N’s Miftah Ismail came in second with 15,473 votes, followed by the candidate from the recently banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), Mufti Nazeer Ahmed Kamalvi, who secured 11,125 votes, unofficial results showed. Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal was at fourth place with 9,227 votes, followed by PTI’s Amjad Afridi with 8,922 votes.