PTI-backed candidates challenge results of NA constituencies

As the announcement of general elections 2024 were almost over, legal challenges to the election results started to land in courts on Saturday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

Nawaz Sharif NA 130

Dr Yasmeen Rashid has challenged former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s victory in Lahore’s NA-130 constituency in Lahore High Court (LHC).

Ali Bukhari NA-48

The election result of National Assembly constituency NA-48 was challenged in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) by a PTI-supported candidate.

Ali Bukhari filed a petition at the IHC on Saturday, praying the court to annul the result due to “faults” in the election process.

Ali Bukhari also urged the court to fix the petition for hearing today.

According to the unofficial election result from NA-48 Islamabad-III, independent candidate Raja Khurram Nawaz has won the poll by securing 69,699 votes. PTI-backed independent candidate Ali Bukhari was second with 59,851 votes.

Shoaib Shaheen NA-47

Another PTI-supported independent candidate Shoaib Shaheen also moved IHC challenging the outcome of NA-47 result.

Haleem Adil Sheikh NA-238

Meanwhile, PTI Sindh President Haleem Adil Sheikh has also challenged NA-238 result in Sindh High Court in Karachi.

Haleem Adil filed his plea through Barrister Ali Tahir, stating that he had obtained more than 71,000 votes in accordance with the form 45. However, MQM candidate Sadiq Iftikhar was declared winner with a margin of 54,000 after altering the form 47.

He urged the court to annul the notification of Sadiq Iftikhar’s victory.

Rehana Dar NA-71

PTI-backed independent candidate Rehana Dar has challenged election result of NA-71 in Lahore High Court.

She informed the court that his rival PML-N’s Khawaja Asif had lost election as per the form 45. She urged to court to stop ECP from issuing the final election result of NA-71.

Khalid vs Khalid NA-248

The victory of MQM-P’s Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui from NA-248 was also challenged in Sindh High Court by independent candidate Arsalan Khalid.

Arsalan Khalid filed a petition in SHC through Barrister Ali Tahir, urging the court that as per form 45 Arsalan Khalid won the election by a big margin but while readying form 47 the RO expelled all the candidates and their agents out of his office. The RO changed the result, declaring Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui as winner with 103,082 votes. The court urged to annul the form 47.

Maryam Nawaz

PTI-backed independent candidate from NA-119 Shahzad Farooq has challenged the election victory of PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz in Lahore High Court.

Ataullah Tarar

The election victory of another PML-N leader Ataullah Tarar from NA-127 was also challenged in IHC by independent candidate Zaheer Abbas Khokhar.

NA-87 and NA-117

Candidate Umar Aslam Khan has challenged the election victory of his rival from NA-87 Khushab in LHC.

Candidate Ali Ijaz Buttar Advocate has also challenged election victory of his rival in NA-117.

NA-118 Hamza Shehbaz

A petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) challenging the election results of NA 118, where PML-N leader Hamza Shehbaz emerged victorious. The petitioner, Alia Hamza, is an independent candidate backed by PTI, who contested from the same constituency. She has alleged that she was not allowed to sit in the Returning Officer's office during the vote counting process and that Form 47, which shows the consolidated results, was issued without her presence.

She has named the Returning Officer, the Election Commission and others as respondents in her plea. She has claimed that under the Election Act, the candidate or their agent must be present at the election results until they are excluded by the Returning Officer. She has requested the court to nullify the move to release the results of NA 118 and to stop the notification of success of Hamza Shehbaz.

NA 126 Lahore Malik Saiful Malook Khokhar

NA 126 Lahore results also challenged Malik Tauqeer Abbas Khokhar applied against the results of NA-126 Lahore.

Punjab Assembly

PP-164 Shehbaz Sharif

A petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) challenging the election results of PP 164, where PML-N leader Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif emerged victorious. The petitioner, Muhammad Yusuf Mayo, is an independent candidate who was backed by PTI. He has alleged that he and his agent were not allowed to sit in the Returning Officer's office during the vote counting process and that Form 47 was issued without their presence.

PP-47 Sialkot

Muhammad Kashif approached the Lahore High Court against the results of PP 47 Sialkot.

PP-53 Sialkot

Barrister Jamshed Ghiyas challenged the results of PP 53 Sialkot in Lahore.

PP-173

PML-N's Mian Marghub Ahmad's win from PP-173 also challenged in Lahore High Court. PTI-backed independent candidate Zubair Ahmad Khan Niazi filed a petition in the Lahore High Court

Reporters Ihtesham Kiyani, Mumtaz Jamali, Malik Ashrag