National May 3, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Secretary General Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Parliamentarians Senator Farhatullah Babar has said that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided a recount in constituency NA-249 at the request of PML-N in the by-elections and while we welcome this decision the manner in which such a situation was handled in the 2018 elections was very different. Addressing a press conference along with Secretary General PPP Syed Nayyar Hussain Bukhari here on Sunday he said that PPP wants to put forward some important points about the by-election of NA-249. The Election Commission has decided to recount at the request of PML-N. This is their right, he added.Farhatullah Babar said, “We welcome it and want to see the Election Commission of Pakistan strong. Same was said in the 2018 elections that where the winning margin was less than 5% it should have been recounted. The recount was to be held in 34 constituencies which were not conducted. Only the recount of two constituencies started and was stopped and never completed.”