Balochistan Senate poll: PML-N files appeal in ECP demanding recount

In the appeal, PML-N says that the provincial presiding officer was complicit with the candidates.

Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday filed an appeal in the Election Commission of Pakistan demanding a recount of the Senate elections results, Express News reported.

In the appeal, the party says that the provincial presiding officer was complicit with the candidates.

PML-N provincial chief Sanaullah Zehri had earlier alleged that the senate elections in Balochistan were rigged and that the party will take the matter to the court. He also alleged that the chief election commissioner of Balochistan was a “biased and dishonest person”.

Zehri had also said that election rules were violated during the vote count, which resulted in a PPP candidate winning the general seat in Senate.

In order to substantiate his point, Zehri had said that the ECP had upheld its results without a recount.

He told a questioner that his party had pointed out that only 63 out of the 65 required votes had been cast by the Balochistan Assembly.

On Monday, the ECP had upheld its earlier decision on the results of seven general seats of Senate from Balochistan.

The commission had earlier withheld the results after a number of applications were filed to the returning officers, requesting a recount in the province.

Returning Officer Abdul Jabbar Jamali after hearing the applicants had maintained his declaration on the vote count.