KARACHI – Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday gave a blow to the PTI leaderFaisal Vawda over Shahbaz Sharif petition.
SHC has stopped victory notification of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)leader Faisal Vawda in NA-249 over the plea of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz(PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif.
During the hearing, the court has summoned reply from Election Commissionof Pakistan (ECP) secretary and others till August 10.
Earlier today, Shehbaz Sharif approached SHC and demanded to hold voterecount in NA-249 Karachi. He adopted the stance that the environment wasmade favorable for PTI leader Faisal Vawda during election campaign. Thelaw enforcement agencies removed my posters and banners from theconstituency, he alleged.
Sharif said that their polling agents were forcefully sent out of thevoting hall during counting. However, they were handed over the results ona rough paper, he stated.——————————
The PML-N leader said that earlier, returning officer rejected his plea ofvote recount after which he decided to contact SHC.