*RAWALPINDI: The Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench on Wednesday stoppedReturning Officer (RO) from notifying the results pertaining to theunofficially declared winner of PP-7 Rawalpindi by poll held on July 17. *
The restraining order was passed on a petition of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI) candidate Col (retd) Shabbir Awan.
The LHC bench has further directed the PTI candidate to approach ElectionCommission of Pakistan (ECP) for a vote recount request.
It is pertinent to mention here that PML-N candidate Raja Sagheer Ahmedemerged victorious from the constituency by a thin margin of 49 votes inthe Punjab by-polls held on July 17.
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Following the narrow margin of defeat, the PTI candidate challenged theresults and filed an application for a recount of votes in the constituencywhich was rejected by Returning Officer (RO) of the constituency.
Mr Awan in his application maintained that the winning candidate received68,906 votes while he secured 68,857 with a difference of just 49 votes.
