ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the plea of the rulingparty to suspend the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decisionordering re-election in NA-75 Daska.
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court led by Justice Umar Ata Bandialwas hearing the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf petition against the ECP’s ruling.
Justice Bandial of the apex court while announcing the verdict remarkedElection Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is a constitutional institution. There-election will be held anyway. The court will only decide whether it willbe held in the whole constituency or in limited polling stations, the judgeadded.
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Earlier on March 5, Asjad Malhi of the ruling party had challenged theECP’s decision of re-election in NA-75 Daska after declaring as null andvoid the outcome of the February 19 by-election.
