Salman Akram Raja approaches LHC against his defeat

LAHORE: PTI-backed independent candidate Salman Akram Raja on Friday moved the Lahore High Court (LHC) against alleged anomaly in the result of NA-128 (Lahore) where he was declared defeated against IPP candidate Awn Chaudhry.

 In another major upset, Salman Akram Raja had to face defeat at the hands of IPP candidate Awn Chaudhry in Lahore’s key NA-128 constituency, according to unofficial results.

Awn Chaudhry bagged 172,576 votes whereas Salman Akram Raja could manage to secure 159,024 votes.

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It may be recalled that in NA-128, Istehkam-e- Pakistan Party (IPP) had made seat adjustment with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the latter had not fielded its candidate against Awn Chaudhry.

Raja on Friday moved the Lahore High Court against alleged anomaly in the result of NA-128 (Lahore). He submitted his plea to the registrar office. Later, Raja’s plea was fixed for hearing. He has challenged the election result. 

Justice Ali Baqar Najafi will conduct hearing on Raja’s plea.

Raja, in his petition, contends that despite securing victory with a big margin, the result was withheld. He said there was anomaly in forms 45 and 47, and he was forced out of the room where the vote count took place.