Court stays ECP order on recount of votes

Matter adjourned at IHC until March 29

ISLAMABAD:

The Islamabad High Court, on the petition of Jamaat-e-Islami, stayed the implementation of the Election Commission of Pakistan's orders regarding the recount in the six union councils of Karachi until the next hearing.

In the application of JI Karachi's Naib Ameer, Raja Arif Sultan, the ECP decision on the recount in six union councils on March 22 was challenged.

The court was told that a recount is to be held today in six union councils. If the count is done today, the petition will become ineffective. The court said that a pre-admission notice is issued to the Election Commission for March 29.

During the hearing, Qaiser Imam Advocate and Hasan Javed Shorosh Advocate appeared on behalf of the petitioner.

The court also raised question if the petition can be heard in the Islamabad High Court instead of the Sindh High Court.

The court also called for arguments on admissibility of the petition on March 29.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 28^th, 2023.