PTI's Aleem Khan files plea in ECP, demands to annul NA-122 by-polls
Sadiq recently retained his NA seat after defeating PTI's Aleem Khan in NA-122 by-polls.
LAHORE (Web Desk) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Aleem Khan on Thursday submitted a plea in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) demanding to annul the NA-122 by-election as it was unfair due to transfer of votes from the constituency.
The PTI leader reached ECP head office in Islamabad and showed reservations over the results of NA-122 by-election.
The plea stated that the ECP record shows that 26,000 new voters were registered and 4,600 votes were transferred during last two years. Only 812 voters personally confirmed that they transferred their votes out of the constituency whereas votes of others were shifted from the constituency against their will.
The plaintiff demanded valid record of transferred votes from NA-122 and asked the ECP to issue directives to the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) to cooperate in this regard.
While talking to media, Aleem Khan alleged that the voter lists were altered ahead of the election. He said that PTI seeks justice and will fight till the end.
Earlier, addressing the Youth Convention, PTI chief Imran Khan said the party will challenge the NA-122 by-election that resulted in Ayaz Sadiq getting re-elected as Speaker National Assembly. He said there will definitely be politics on roads if justice is not delivered.
It is because of the ‘weird’ ruling by the judicial commission that the local bodies polls in Punjab and Sindh were also rigged on such a large scale, he added.
Ayaz Sadiq re-elected as na speaker
PML-N’s Ayaz Sadiq took oath as Speaker of the National Assembly for the second time.
Ayaz Sadiq and Shafqat Mahmood of PTI were the two contenders for the seat of Speaker National Assembly. The assembly had initially received three nominations, but MNA Ghazi Ghulab Jamal withdrew his candidature.
Sadiq secured 268 votes while Shafqat Mehmood received 31 votes only.
Ayaz Sadiq, who was elected MNA after 2013 election, was de-seated by an election tribunal in August this year over massive irregularities in the election process in NA-122 constituency of Lahore. The decision was taken on PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s petition challenging Sadiq’s victory.
Sadiq recently retained his NA seat after defeating PTI’s Aleem Khan in NA-122 by-polls.
