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The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday suspended the victory notifications on three National Assembly seats from Islamabad.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidates from the federal capital’s NA 46, NA 47, and NA 48 constituencies have been proclaimed the winners by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
Nonetheless, the independent candidates supported by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have contested victory notifications, claiming that they had won these seats with a sizable lead based on the Form 45.
This interim ruling was rendered by a two-judge bench made up of Justices Mian Gul Hasan Aurezneb and Arbab Muhammad Tahir. The bench was hearing intra-court appeals against the decision of IHC Chief Justice Amir Farooq to reject complaints challenging ECP notifications.
Aamir Mughal, the independent candidate from NA-46 Islamabad-I, informed the court during the hearing that his client was leading from the majority of the 343 voting places in this constituency.
“According to Form-45, Aamir Mughal’s votes are 85, 224 while the contestant Anjum Aqeel’s votes are 43,604 but as per Form-47, Aamir Mughal’s votes were 44,317, Anjam Aqeel’s votes were 51, 958,” lawyer pleaded.
“Our application is also pending before the ECP,” he said.
To this, Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb remarked: “Who is issuing these notifications in the ECP”.