NA-215 re-examination: Election tribunal declares Ghous Ali winner

NA-215 re-examination: Election tribunal declares Ghous Ali winner
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Summary Election tribunal Karachi reserved its decision after the verification of results from NADRA.

KARACHI (Dunya News) – Election tribunal Karachi on Saturday announced Ghous Ali Shah of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) as a winner and declared the success of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Nawab Wasaan as null and void.

Syed Ghous Ali Shah filed an electoral petition against the triumph of Nawab Wassan in NA-215 by accepting which, election tribunal Karachi reserved the decision after listening to the arguments of both parties’ lawyers.

According to details, Nawab Wassan of PPP got 91,809 votes in elections 2013 whereas Ghous Ali Shah of PML-N gained 66,481 votes.

Election tribunal Karachi had sent 1,74,291 votes to the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) for confirmation whereas NADRA only verified 47,291 votes.

However, 99,752 votes were declared to be unrecognizable by NADRA authorities.

In the wake of recounting, election tribunal Karachi finally decided to declare Ghous Ali Ali as successful in NA-125 constituency.