LAHORE – PTI Chairperson Imran Khan has approached the Supreme Courtagainst the Lahore High Court’s decision of stopping the victorynotification and ordering a recount of votes in Lahore’s NA-131.
PTI leader Babar Awan submitted on Monday an appeal in the SC on behalf ofImran. Imran was declared the winner even after a recount of the rejectedvotes, Awan said.
On August 4, the LHC had ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan torecount the votes in NA-131 on the PML-N’s petition.
The court had also barred the ECP from issuing a notification declaringImran the winning candidate from the constituency.
PML-N’s Khawaja Saad Rafique, who lost the election to PTI chief Imran by680 votes, had approached the court for the recount.