Parties boycott NA-249 recount over non-provision of Form 46
Say ballot counterfoil also not checked; no precedent of recount without counting of empty ballots
KARACHI:
All parties, except the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), and independent candidates seeking a recounting in the NA-249 constituency boycotted the process on Wednesday over non-provision of Form 46 and counterfoil of ballot papers not being checked.
In a letter addressed to the returning officer (RO), the parties maintained that, For want of non-provision of Form 46 and denial to allow access to the counterfoil of ballot paper, we cannot participate in [the] subject proceedings.
The signatories to the letter included the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP), Pasban and others.