Haleem challenges results in SHC

PTI candidate disputes the outcomes for NA-238, NA-248, and PS-98

KARACHI:

PTI Sindh President Haleem Adil Sheikh has challenged the election results for various constituencies in the Sindh High Court. In a petition filed through Barrister Tahir Ali, Sheikh disputes the outcomes for NA-238, NA-248, and PS-98.

According to the petition, Form 45 indicates that Sheikh secured over 71,000 votes in NA-238. However, MQM-P candidate Sadiq Iftikhar was declared the winner with 54,000 votes, allegedly due to changes in Form 47. The petition seeks the annulment of the notification declaring Sadiq Iftikhar successful.

In the case of Arslan Khalid, an independent candidate from NA-248, the petition asserts that he received 65,000 votes according to Form 45. However, MQM-Pakistan's Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui was declared the winner in Form 47. The petition calls for the suspension of Form 47 and withholding of the results. Similarly, the independent candidate Jan Sher Junejo, in the petition related to PS-98 of the Sindh Assembly, claims to have received 120,167 votes as per Form 45, while MQM-Pakistan candidate Arslan Pervaiz, declared successful in Form 47, allegedly garnered only 1,772 votes. The petition urges the court to declare Form 47 null and void.

In a separate development, Haleem Adil Sheikh was granted bail by an anti-terrorism court in two cases related to rioting during PTI protests.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 11^th 2024.