MQM challenges PS-127 elections results in SHC
In a request he filed at the high court he said that there was rigging at 51 polling stations at PS127.
September 10, 2016
KARACHI: MQM candidate Waseem Ahmed reached the Sindh High Court on Saturday to challenge Pakistan People’s Party victory in the Malir by-elections.
In a request he filed at the high court he said that there was rigging at 51 polling stations at PS127.
In the request he challenged PPP’s candidate Ghullam Murtaza Baloch’s victory.
Till the Election Commission of Pakistan announces a decision the PPP candidate should not be notified of his victory.
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) candidate secured Sindh Assembly seat PS-127 on Thursday with incidents of violence reported during polling and nine people also being detained.
The seat had fallen vacant due to resignation of Muttahida Qaumi Movement MPA Ashfaq Mangi after he joined Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP). This was the first seat MQM Pakistan lost after it disconnect from London.
