PML-N retains Islamabad’s two constituencies

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday notified the victories of three Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidates who emerged victorious from Islamabad’s three constituencies.

The PML-N candidates are Anjum Aqeel, Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, while Raja Khurram Nawaz had won from Islamabad’s constituencies NA-46, NA-47 and NA-48 respectively.

The PTI had earlier moved the Islamabad High Court (IHC), challenging the ECP’s notification but the court disposed of the petition and referred the matter back to the commission.

Today, after hearing the parties the Election Commission issued the notification.

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“In pursuance of the Islamabad High Court order dated 19-02-2024 an injunctive order was passed whereby the operation of Notification No F.2(5)/2024-Cord. dated 11-02-2024 of returned candidates of the constituencies No NA-46 ICT-I, NA-47 ICT-II and NA-48 ICT-III was suspended. The Hon’ble High Court has decided the petition vide order dated 21-02-2024 expressly subject to the final decision of the pending Election petitions,” it stated.

“Now the Commission after hearing the parties has finally disposed of the petitions filed by Mr. Aamer Masood contesting candidate NA-46 ICT-I, Mr. Shoib Shaheen contesting candidate NA-47 ICT-II, and Syed Muhammad Ali Bokhari, Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, Ch. Azhar Mehmood contesting candidates NA-48 ICT-Ill, in light of the order passed by the Hon’ble Islamabad High Court. Therefore, the Notification dated 11-02-2024 under Section 98(1) of the Elections Act, 2017, suspended by the Hon’ble Court stands restored/revived retrospectively.”