PHC dismisses petitions against K-P LG re-polls
PHC directs ECP to announce dates for re-polling in stations where discrepancies were reported
The counsel added 2,060 votes were found invalid in only two polling stations in the constituency
PESHAWAR:
Peshawar High Court on Friday disposed all petitions challenging the legitimacy of local government elections in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
Disposing 23 petitions this year, a two-member bench comprising Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth and Justice Qaiser Rashid directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to announce dates for re-election in polling stations where discrepancies were reported.
The petitions included those filed by incumbent MPA of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Zahid Durrani and other candidates not satisfied with the results and procedure through which the elections were conducted.
Read: Violence-marred local government polls leave 9 dead across K-P
PHC in its order says the ECP can fix a date for re-polling whenever it wants keeping in view the situation on grounds.
Violence and mismanagement-marred polls in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa saw as many as nine people being killed and over 30 injured during clashes in the province.
Read: Re-marking calendars: Local bodies’ polls in K-P rescheduled to June
Further, in several areas of the province particularly from districts of Lower Dir, Swat and southern parts of the province, women were either held back by a local consensus among candidates or were not allowed to exercise their right to vote.
Peshawar High Court on Friday disposed all petitions challenging the legitimacy of local government elections in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
Disposing 23 petitions this year, a two-member bench comprising Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth and Justice Qaiser Rashid directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to announce dates for re-election in polling stations where discrepancies were reported.
The petitions included those filed by incumbent MPA of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Zahid Durrani and other candidates not satisfied with the results and procedure through which the elections were conducted.
Read: Violence-marred local government polls leave 9 dead across K-P
PHC in its order says the ECP can fix a date for re-polling whenever it wants keeping in view the situation on grounds.
Violence and mismanagement-marred polls in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa saw as many as nine people being killed and over 30 injured during clashes in the province.
Read: Re-marking calendars: Local bodies’ polls in K-P rescheduled to June
Further, in several areas of the province particularly from districts of Lower Dir, Swat and southern parts of the province, women were either held back by a local consensus among candidates or were not allowed to exercise their right to vote.