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Saturday, February 04, 2012
PTI approaches SC against by-electionsISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was moved on Friday to suspend the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) notification for holding by-elections on February 25 on casual seats of the national and provincial assemblies. A civil miscellaneous application was filed in the SC by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan stating that the apex court had passed an order on January 19 restraining the ECP from holding by-elections on casual vacancies on the basis of bogus electoral rolls having as many as 37,185,998 unverified votes. The application stated that despite the February 25 restraining order, which was passed in clear and unambiguous terms in the presence of the ECP secretary, the ECP had issued a notification to hold by-elections on February 25. Khan added in the application that it was evident that the ECP secretary was going to hold by-elections on the basis of voter lists containing large number of unverified votes. He submitted that holding of by-elections using bogus voter lists would amount to a negation of the right to vote, rule of law and the spirit of democracy. He requested the court to suspend the January 27 notification of the ECP and to restrain the commission from holding by-elections on the basis of bogus voter lists. hasnaat malik
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk