The Court also issued an order to re-vote on 12 polling stations in Chaman’s PB-51 seat.
The court returns the case to the election commission with the candidates’ assent and orders the ECP to rule within 10 days of hearing the candidates.
“Under what rule did the ECP order re-polling in 12 polling stations?” Justice Ameenuddin Khan inquired. “The election commission saw 12 polling stations and ignored others,” Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar stated.
According to Justice Ameenuddin, the election commission did not undertake any inquiries or adhere to any principles.
“Only those polling stations were checked where maximum turnout of votes pointed out in petitions,” claimed the ECP’s DG Law.
Justice Mazhar stated that the ECP should have investigated the entire constituency.
On the request of a rival candidate, Muhammad Asghar Achakzai, the election body ordered re-elections in his constituency.
The case was considered by a three-member bench of the Supreme Court, led by Justice Ameenuddin Khan.
Re-elections were ordered by the Election Commission at polling stations 56, 57, 61, 62, 79, 89, 90, 91, 95, 106, 129, and 130 in the PB-51 constituency.
In February, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Captain (retd) Abdul Khaliq Achakzai was chosen Speaker of the Balochistan Assembly without opposition.
