PTI moves Supreme Court against poll rigging

Party counsel Marwat says appointment of CEC and other ECP members also challenged

ISLAMABAD:

PTI leader and lawyer Sher Afzal Marwat said on Friday that the party has moved the Supreme Court against rigging in the February 8 general elections.

Speaking to the media, Marwat said he filed a petition in the apex court against poll fraud, adding that the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja and other members of the election body has also been challenged.

Notably, the SC on February 21 disposed of a petition seeking to annul the February 8 elections and fined the petitioner Rs0.5 million for a no-show.

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A three-member bench led by the Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa and comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Musarrat Hilali took up the petition filed by Brig (retd) Ali Khan.

The petition was disposed of on the basis of withdrawal by the petitioner. The apex court further barred Khan from adding 'brigadier' before his name.

The SC had earlier issued a notice to the petitioner through the Ministry of Defense on February 19, but the petitioner failed to appear before the court due to unavailability.