PTI pursues NA majority with 35 cases filed with ECP

ISLAMABAD: PTI’s dream of achieving the bench mark of full majority in the National Assembly of Pakistan is now only a matter of ifs and buts.

If ECP favours PTI in all 35 National Assembly seats where its Independents who lost have filed cases, and on the other hand,

ECP also saves PTI independents from cases filed against their wins, only then PTI will be able to reach close to getting a full majority in the National Assembly of Pakistan.

It is also pertinent to mention here that PTI claims of winning over 180 National Assembly seats and forms a notion of rigging in almost 90 NA seats. However, out of these 90 National Assembly seats where PTI believes it has actually won, only 35 independent candidates have filed cases for rechecking of votes and other procedures before the ECP.

Why the rest of 55 PTI’s backed up independents - who think have lost due to unfair and unjust elections - have not filed cases before the ECP.

Barrister Gohar Ali Khan chairman PTI, Sher Afzal Khan Marwat and Raoof Hassan, PTI secretary, were contacted by The News for their views on the matter. Nevertheless, none responded despite repeated attempts.

A total of 35 PTI backed up independent candidates who have lost elections from the National Assembly have registered complaints for recounting of votes from their respective constituencies, reveals ECP official data.

This means if the decision comes in favour of all these 35 independent candidates which will increase PTI seats to a total number of 129 from the National Assembly, only then PTI will be able to reach close to the full majority number that is 133.

The cause list published by ECP reflects that the total number of cases fixed for hearing regarding recounting of votes were 133 from all the assemblies. According to the official data, the cases were fixed for hearing on 11, 19, 20 and 23 February by the ECP.

Accumulatively, the cases fixed for hearing till now involve a total of 35 independent candidates who were to represent their constituencies from the National Assembly who have lost elections and appealed against rigging before ECP.