Top Story May 5, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday ordered a vote recount in the NA-249 constituency of Karachi as it accepted the request of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), which lost the by-election by a wafer-thin margin of fewer than 700 votes. The ECP, in a statement, directed the relevant political parties to be present before the Returning Officer at 9.00am on May 6 (tomorrow), where the recounting would be held. The recount would encompass all the polling stations in the constituency. Ismail had lost to Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Qadir Khan Mandokhel by 683 votes in the April 29 by-election, after which the PML-N leader wrote to the chief election commissioner requesting a recount. Election rules allow for a recount when the margin of victory is within five per cent.