*ISLAMABAD – Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday has announced the verdictover the NA 60 election postponement petition.*
*IHC dismissed a petition seeking to postpone by-election on a NationalAssembly seat, NA-60, in Rawalpindi.*
The bench headed by Justice Amir Farooq had earlier reserved the verdictafter hearing arguments from petitioner Shahid Orakzai who sought itsdirectives for the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to defer theupcoming by-poll in the Rawalpindi constituency until a decision on PML-Nleader Hanif Abbasi’s appeal against life term.
The ECP is set to hold by-elections on 11 National Assembly seats,including NA-60, and 26 provincial assembly seats on October 14.
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Earlier in July, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had postponedelection in NA-60 Rawalpindi in the wake of PML-N candidate Hanif Abbasi’sdisqualification in the ephedrine case.
