The Election Commission has said that the petition challenging the re-polling in Sialkot's NA-75 should be dismissed as many rules were violated during the February 19 by-elections. The commission submitted its reply in the petition filed by Ali Asjad Malhi, who contested the by-election on the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's ticket. The electoral body said that the Code of Conduct was issued on December 21, 2020 but still the rules were not followed. It said that it had ordered