Challenges to election victory notifications multiply
LAHORE, (NNI): A wave of filing challenges against the successful Members of the National Assembly (MNAs) and Members of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab (MPAs) is continued in the Election Appellate Tribunal of the Lahore High Court (LHC) and more 13 election petitions have been filed on Friday.
Already the victory notifications of 13 elected members including Federal Minister Attaullah Tarar have been challenged in the Lahore High Court from the defeated candidates in General Election 2024.
The Election Appellate Tribunal comprising Justice Sultan Tanveer Ahmed of Lahore High Court (LHC) will hear the petitions in which the applicants have appealed to denotify the MNAs and MPAs.
On Friday, an unsuccessful candidate Malik Taqeer Abbas Khokhar from NA126 Lahore challenged the success of Malik Saiful Malook Khokhar and requested to tribunal to cancel his victory notification. In the tribunal, the victory notification of MNA Chaudhry Muhammad Shahbaz Babar from NA-98 Faisalabad and MNA Ali Zahid from NA-72 Sialkot have also been challenged.
A defeated candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) from PP-172 Lahore Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan also challenged the success of elected MPA Misbah Wajid. Former Punjab minister Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan appealed the tribunal to cancel the notification of Misbah Wajid's success.
The victory notification of MPA Azimud-Deen Zahid Lakhvi from PP-133 Kasur has also been challenged in the LHC's election tribunal. LHC's officer Irfan Ahmad Niazi received the applications against the elected MNAs and MPAs.
Yesterday, defeated candidates challenged the victory notifications of the 13 elected members of the National Assembly and Provincial Assembly of Punjab in the Lahore High Court (LHC).
Among these MNAs and MPAs, most of the members belong to the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N).
Malik Zaheer Abbas Khokhar of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) approached the Election Tribunal against the success of the PML-N leader Federal Minister Ataullah Tarar from National Assembly's Lahore constituency NA-127.
From NA-55 Rawalpindi, MNA Abrar Ahmed's success was challenged by Mohammad Basharat Raja of the PTI while Burjees Tahir filed an election complaint against the success of independent MNA Muhammad Arshad Sahi from NA-111 Nankana Sahib. PTI's Ajmal Sabir Raja from NA-53 Rawalpindi filed an election petition against the victory of PML-N MNA Qamarul Islam Raja while Lala Asadullah of PTI challenged the victory of PML-N's Shahid Usman from NA-80 Gujranwala IV. > Honorary Editorial Board