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March 08, 2024
PTI Will Go to Supreme Court against ‘Tampered’ Form-45s
ISLAMABAD: PTI’s Senator Barrister Ali Zafar has announced that his party will go to the Supreme Court against the alleged tampering of Form-45s in last month’s general election.
The party has also demanded a thorough and impartial audit of the election results.
Speaking to the media outside the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday, Mr Zafar said: “We will challenge that matter (of Form-45s) before the Supreme Court.”
He accused the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) of publishing tampered Form-45s, which carry the total number of votes received by a candidate at a polling station.
The PTI leader also censured the electoral watchdog for depriving the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) — the party joined by PTI-backed independent lawmakers — of its reserved seats and awarding them to other parties.
Mr Zafar claimed that the Peshawar High Court had already given a decision in PTI’s favor, and it was valid for provincial and national assemblies.
The court has barred the members of other parties who have been awarded SIC’s reserved seats from taking oath in the National Assembly until March 13.
Mr Zafar said his party would also challenge the ECP’s decision not to allocate the party-reserved women and minority seats in other provincial high courts. – Dawn
Courtesy Dawn
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