KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Miftah Ismail has challenged the results of NA-249 by-elections and demanded a forensic audit of polling stations.
According to details, the PML-N’s candidate has penned down three request to the Returning Officer (RO) of NA-249 by-elections. He demanded vote recounting of the by-polls, as well as sought forensic audit of 15 polling stations
Miftah Ismail sought seeking details of the voting process from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), asking the electoral body to scrutinise the thumb expressions of voters.
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) bagged victory in the NA-249 Karachi by-election held on Thursday, defeating the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) contender by 683 votes.
According to the official results, PPP candidate Qadir Khan Mandokhel secured 16,156 votes against Miftah Ismail’s 15,473. Surprisingly, the now proscribed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) stood third as its candidate Allama Nazir Ahmed secured 11,125 votes.
The results also stated that the voter turnout remained 21.61 per cent in the constituency and the total votes cast were 73,471 out of 339,591 votes registered in the area.
