LAHORE – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Sunday has decided tochallenge alleged rigging in general elections 2018 in Lahore High Court(LHC).
Party sources said that a legal committee, headed by former minister ZahidHamid, has been formed on the directives of PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif.
A white paper will also be presented during a meeting with LHC chiefjustice on Monday.
Meanwhile, PML-N has also claimed to have collected the evidence of riggingin 38 constituencies.
Earlier, LHC had barred the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) fromissuing notification of the PTI chairman’s success in NA-131 Lahore.
Announcing reserved verdict on PML-N leader’s plea, LHC ordered to recountvotes in NA-131 Lahore constituency where Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)chairman Imran Khan defeated PML-N leader Khawaja Saad Rafique on July 25general election.
The PTI had taken the decisive lead by winning 116 seats against formerPrime Minister Nawaz Sharif s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) andformer President Asif Zardari s Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) which won 64and 43 seats, respectively.