A complaint cell about objections and claims over the election results of 2024 was established by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday.
All four provinces were divided into four distinct counters by the highest electoral authority.
According to the ECP, applicants “will be able to get information related to their respective constituency.”
Challenges by PTI-backed candidates end up in court
The applications of Qaisara Ellahi (NA-64) and Pervaiz Elahi (PP-32) were heard by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
The motion was heard by a three-member panel led by ECP Sindh member Nisar Durrani. The attorneys representing Qaisara Elahi and Parvez Elahi attended and argued that although they were the winners according to Form-45, their rivals had won the seats on Form-47.
The Presiding Officer (PO) was instructed to re-issue the form-47 in the presence of both candidates after the ECP member accepted the application and gave the notes to all parties.
Dar Rehana NA-71
Rehana Dar, an independent candidate supported by the PTI, has also filed a challenge in the Lahore High Court against the NA-71 election results.
She told the court that, according to form 45, his opponent Khawaja Asif of the PML-N had lost the poll. She implored the court to prevent ECP from releasing the NA-71 final election results.
NA-119 Maryam Nawaz
Independent candidate from NA-119 endorsed by PTI Farooq Shahzad has contested the
Tarar Ataullah NA-127
Another PML-N leader from NA-127, Ataullah Tarar, had his election victory contested at the LHC by independent Zaheer Abbas Khokhar.
Sheikh Haleem Adil NA-238
In the Sindh High Court in Karachi, PTI Sindh President Haleem Adil Sheikh has also filed a challenge against the NA-238 result. Through Barrister Ali Tahir, Haleem Adil submitted his plea, claiming to have received over 71,000 votes by the form 45. But after changing form 47, MQM candidate Sadiq Iftikhar was proclaimed the winner with a 54,000 margin. He begged the court to revoke Sadiq Iftikhar’s victory announcement.
Bukhari Ali NA-48
A candidate backed by the PTI filed a challenge in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the results of the National Assembly constituency NA-48 election.
In a Saturday appeal, Ali Bukhari asked the IHC to declare the election’s outcome void on the grounds of “flaws” in the procedure. Additionally, Ali Bukhari asked the court to reschedule the petition hearing.
In NA-48 Islamabad-III, independent candidate Raja Khurram Nawaz became victorious with 69,699 votes, according to the unofficial election results. With 59,851 votes, independent Ali Bukhari, endorsed by the PTI, came in second.
NA-47 Shoaib Shaheen
Shoaib Shaheen, an independent candidate backed by the PTI, also moved to IHC to contest the NA-47 result.
NA-248 Khalid vs. Khalid
The win of MQM-P candidate Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui from NA-248 was contested in the Sindh High Court by Arsalan Khalid, an independent.
Through Barrister Ali Tahir, he petitioned the Supreme Handgunnery Court (SHC) arguing that Arsalan Khalid had won the election by a wide majority according to form 45, but that the RO had ejected all of the candidates and their representatives from his office while preparing form 47. With 103,082 votes, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui was declared the victor by the RO, who altered the original results. The court requested that Form 47 be revoked.
NA-117 and NA-87
Candidates Ali Ijaz Buttar Advocate and Umar Aslam Khan have both contested the election results of their opponents in NA-117 and NA-87, respectively, before the LHC.
