ISLAMABAD, Aug 21 (APP):The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday dismissed an appeal of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N)’s candidate for re-counting in NA-97 Faisalabad.
A division bench comprising Justice Amin ud Din Khan and Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan heard the appeal of PML-N’s candidate Ali Gohar Bloch.
Justice Naeem Akhtar asked the petitioner’s lawyer to prove with the record that application for re-counting was given within time to the returning officer. He remarked that the top court has stated in recent judgments that the RO couldn’t refuse re-counting request if it was filed on time.
The court asked that if the returning officer admitted at any forum that the application of re-counting was filed.
The petitioner’s lawyer answered that the even the RO could lie on the subject.
ECP’s DG law said that as per the record the application for re-counting was not filed on February 9.
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