ECP notifies PML-N candidates as winners on Islamabad NA seats

Three PML-N candidates —Anjum Aqeel, Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, and Raja Khurram Nawaz — had received from NA-46, NA-47 and NA-48 respectively.

The PTI had earlier moved the Islamabad Excessive Courtroom (IHC), difficult the ECP’s notification however the court docket disposed of the petition and referred the matter again to the fee.

On Wednesday, the court docket declared that the victory notifications of the PML-N candidates would stay suspended until the ECP’s resolution on the pending instances.

The order got here from an IHC bench comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir which heard the intra-court appeals (ICA) filed by PTI-backed candidates Barrister Shoaib Shaheen, Aamer Mughal and Ali Bokhari.

The ECP had knowledgeable the court docket that the returning officer had been directed to furnish a report on this regard.

At the moment, after listening to the events the Election Fee issued the notification.

“In pursuance of the Islamabad Excessive Courtroom order dated 19-02-2024 an injunctive order was handed whereby the operation of Notification No F.2(5)/2024-Wire. dated 11-02-2024 of returned candidates of the constituencies No NA-46 ICT-I, NA-47 ICT-II and NA-48 ICT-III was suspended. The Hon’ble Excessive Courtroom has determined the petition vide order dated 21-02-2024 expressly topic to the ultimate resolution of the pending Election petitions,” it said.

“Now the Fee after listening to the events has lastly disposed of the petitions filed by Mr. Aamer Masood contesting candidate NA-46 ICT-I, Mr. Shoib Shaheen contesting candidate NA-47 ICT-II, and Syed Muhammad Ali Bokhari, Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, Ch. Azhar Mehmood contesting candidates NA-48 ICT-In poor health, in gentle of the order handed by the Hon’ble Islamabad Excessive Courtroom. Subsequently, the Notification dated 11-02-2024 beneath Part 98(1) of the Elections Act, 2017, suspended by the Hon’ble Courtroom stands restored/revived retrospectively.”

‘Do not combat in opposition to the state’

Chatting with media outdoors ECP, Chaudhry slammed his rivals for creating controversy over the ballot outcomes.

He suggested the Pakistan tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to not combat in opposition to the state.

“We’re prepared for a political battle.”o the petitioner by way of the Ministry of Protection on February 19, however the petitioner failed to seem earlier than the court docket as a result of unavailability.