Slap saga: SC stays by-polls in Waheeda Shah's former constituency

Shah's counsel maintains that results of 102 polling stations cannot be withheld because of one polling station.

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court, admitting Waheeda Shah’s plea for hearing, issued a stay order against the by-polls to be held in Tando Muhammad Khan, Express News reported on Friday.

A three member bench headed by justice Nasirul Mulk began the hearing of a plea submitted by Waheeda Shah against by-polls in the Sindh Assembly’s PS-53 constituency.

She was the Pakistan Peoples Party’s candidate from Tando Muhammad Khan who was declared ineligible by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)  for assaulting a polling staffer.

Her counsel said maintained that the results of 102 polling stations cannot be withheld because of one polling station.

The court admitted her plea and ordered the Election Commission of Pakisan (ECP) to not hold by-polls in the said constituency.

Earlier, the Sindh High Court (SHC) had also issued a stay order on the constituency for 15 days.