Recounting of votes halted at PP-150

LAHORE: The recounting of votes at PP-150 Lahore has been discontinued as the presiding officers did not reach the session court Wednesday, Geo News reported.

According to the sources, the process of recounting votes was interrupted once again as the presiding officers of the nine polling stations did not reach the session court.

Returning Officer (RO) of PP-150 Lahore Javed Iqbal had instructed earlier to summon the presiding officers to the session court for recounting of the votes.

The recounting of votes started on Monday.

Earlier, a panic was created when it was revealed that two bags of votes were missing. However, later both bags were found from the record room of ECP and produced before the RO.

All the participating candidates, including Marghoob Ahmed of PML-N, who was declared winner and the runner-up, Mehar Wajid of PTI, were also present on the occasion.

After the by-elections of August 22, the ECP results showed that PTI’s Mehar Wajid had lost by 375 votes. Later, PTI’s candidate filed an application seeking recount before said RO but he rejected his plea. However, the PTI rejected the poll result and staged demonstrations demanding a recount of votes.