Islamabad:

Amid the upheaval in Pakistan over delayed election outcomes, with some experiences placing Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidates within the lead or successful, many moved courts alleging that their defeat was a results of ‘rigging,’ ARY information reported on Saturday.

In line with the report, a number of extra candidates might be shifting excessive courts over the following few days alleging that the votes have been rigged.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-affiliated Unbiased candidates, too, moved to the Lahore Excessive Court docket (LHC), difficult the outcomes of the PP-164 and NA-118, the place father-son duo Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shehbaz secured victory.

In his petition, Unbiased candidate Yousuf Mio, who contested in opposition to the PML-N president, claimed that the returning officer (RO) didn’t enable the petitioner to enter the workplace.

“The outcomes have been introduced within the petitioner’s absence,” acknowledged the applying, urging the courtroom to direct the returning officer to announce the outcomes as per Kind 45.

“The courtroom additionally bars the Election Fee from issuing the ultimate consequence,” the petitioner mentioned, requesting the courtroom to declare Kind-47 outcomes’ null and void.

In the meantime, Alia Hamza’s husband, whose spouse contested in opposition to Hamza Shehbaz, challenged the consequence and famous that the PML-N candidate misplaced the election as per Kind-45, ARY Information reported.

However, Dr Yasmeen Rashid additionally challenged former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s victory in Lahore’s NA-130 constituency within the Lahore Excessive Court docket (LHC).

One other Unbiased candidate, Shehzad Farooq, challenged Maryam Nawaz’s win from Lahore’s NA:119 whereas one other PML-N candidate Ata Tarar’s win from NA:127 was additionally been challenged in courtroom by PTI-supported Unbiased candidate Zaheer Abbas Khokhar.

Rehana Dar, mom of Usman Dar, petitioned the excessive courtroom for recounting of votes in Sialkot’s NA-71, difficult the win for PML-N veteran Khawaja Asif within the Sialkot constituency.

In Islamabad, PTI-backed candidates Shoaib Shaheen and Ali Bukhari additionally challenged the outcomes of constituencies NA-47 and NA-48 respectively, within the Islamabad Excessive Court docket (IHC).

Speaking to journalists, Shoaib Shaheen mentioned, “Now we have requested the registrar’s workplace to schedule a right away listening to. We urge the chief justice to expedite the case since all of Islamabad is aware of that NA-47 is my constituency. I’ve the Kind-45. Now we have gained this election with a major majority,” ARY Information reported.

The PTI-backed Unbiased candidate blamed the powers that be for “pressuring the returning officers”, he mentioned, including, “Right this moment, you might be replaying the crime you dedicated up to now. Now the one hope left is the judiciary.”

In line with the outcomes introduced by the Election Fee of Pakistan (ECP), PML-N chief Tariq Fazal Chaudhry was declared victorious after scoring 102,502 votes whereas PTI-backed unbiased candidate Shoaib Shaheen bought 86,396 votes and Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, an unbiased candidate, secured 17,916 votes.

Khurram Shahzad Nawaz, a joint candidate of the PML-N and Istehkam-i-Pakistan Celebration (IPP), gained NA-48 (Islamabad-III) with 69,699 votes whereas Syed Mohammad Ali Bukhari stood second with 59,851 votes and Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar third with 18,572 votes.

The PML-N made a clear sweep after 16 years by grabbing all three seats of the Nationwide Meeting within the federal capital.

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