*The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has rejected PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) plea for a recount for the PP-7 Rawalpindi of thePunjab Assembly. *
According to details, the ECP has rejected PTI candidate Shabbir Awan’splea for a recount in 21 polling stations of PP-7 Rawalpindi. The ECP saidin the verdict that the PTI candidate did not provide any conclusiveargument to justify the recount.
The PTI candidate had filed a plea to recount votes in the constituencyafter he lost the polls by just 49 votes. The Returning Officer (RO) of theconstituency had rejected the re-count plea after which the PTI candidateapproached the ECP.
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PML-N’s Raja Sagheer won the by-poll on the Punjab Assembly seat with amargin of just 49 votes defeating Mohammad Shabbir Awan of the PTI. The PTIalso raised questions over the delayed announcement of the result in theconstituency.
