RO accepts Saad’s plea challenging Imran victory

ByMonitoring report

LAHORE: The returning officer has approved PML-N leader Saad Rafique’s plea Friday, which challenged his opponent Imran Khan’s victory in NA-131 Lahore 9 constituency, Geo News reported.

Saad, who lost to the PTI chairman in the constituency in a closely-fought contest, has filed a complaint with the returning officer alleging that the presiding officer deliberately rejected hundreds of votes. The RO has ordered for a recount in the constituency.

  In his application, the PML-N leader has demanded a recount of the votes from the abovementioned constituency. Until the votes are recounted, the results from the constituency should not be announced, he has requested. Imran won NA-131 Lahore 9 with 84,313 votes, defeating Saad, who managed 83,633 votes, according to the unofficial results from all the polling stations in the constituency. Preliminary poll results released by the ECP show the PTI leading the National Assembly tally with 110 seats. As the PTI workers from across the country celebrated the results, the outgoing PML-N rejected the results citing “outright rigging” and accusing officials of preventing its representatives from overseeing the count.