ECP accepts Miftah Ismail’s plea for recount in NA-249 by-poll Pakistan Miftah Ismail, PML-N’s candidate for NA-249. ISLAMABAD: PML-N candidate Miftah Ismail’s plea for a recount in the entire NA-249 constituency has been accepted by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). In the order, the Election Commission has directed all the political parties to reach the office of Returning Officer at 9:00am on May 6 where the recounting would be held. Ismail had written a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, seeking a vote recount in NA-249 after he lost the poll by 683 votes. PPP’s Qadir Khan Mandokhel had pulled off a surprising victory in the April 29 election.