ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday ordered the recounting of votes in PP-269 Muzaffargarh constituency by May 17, Dunya News reported.
Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz issued the written order.
The IHC issued the order on the petition filed by independent candidate Muhammad Iqbal in which he maintained that he secured the seat as per Form 45 of the constituency.
The petitioner said that as per Form 47, he obtained 33,052 votes and finished second while Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Mian Alamdar Abbas was declared winner by obtaining 34,588 votes.
The petitioner informed the IHC that he had challenged the results and sought re-counting of votes by the Election Commission of Pakistan.
“My recounting request was accepted by the ECP but PPP’s Mian Alamdar Abbas resigned on March 20 to avoid re-counting,” the petitioner added.
The court was requested to halt the by-election in the constituency and direct the ECP to conduct the re-counting. The IHC accepted the plea and ordered a re-count of votes before May 17.
However, the court ruled that if the results remain the same, by-election should be held in the constituency.