LAHORE – The Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued the verdict in thepetitions filed by the PTI and PMLN leaders from Faisalabad.

LHC on Tuesday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to notifyvictory of PTI and PML-N candidates from NA-108 and 106 constituencies inFaisalabad.

Justice Mamoonur Rashid while dismissing petition filed by PML-N’s AbidSher Ali requesting recounting in NA-108 asked the electoral commission toissue the victory notifications of Farrukh Habib and Rana Sanaullah.

Abid Sher Ali had challenged the victory of PTI’s Farrukh Habib pleadingthat the returned candidate won by a margin of 1201 votes and the returningofficer denied further recounting on ballot papers.

According to revised results, Habib bagged 112,029 votes while Abid SherAli secured 110,828 votes in the election for Faisalabad’s NA-108constituency.

The court also dismissed petition by Sanaullah’s rival candidate in NA-106constituency, Dr Nisar, who had pleaded that the returning officer stoppedthe recounting process after reopening 27 ballot boxes.

The court had earlier restrained the ECP from issuing the victorynotification of former Punjab law minister Rana Sanaullah in NA-106Faisalabad constituency.

PTI candidate Dr Nisar Ahmed had challenged the victory of PML-N leaderRana Sanaullah from NA-106 pleading that the former law minister allegedlycaused harm to the sanctity of Islam by saying that welcoming Nawaz was abigger task as compared to performing Hajj.