IHC's Justice Tariq nominee for Election Tribunal

Islamabad: Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri of Islamabad High Court (IHC) has been nominated as Election Tribunal on Saturday.

According to the details, Chief Justice Islamabad High Court Aamer Farooq approved the nomination of Justice Tariq Mehmood.

The Registrar of Islamabad High Court sent the nomination to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri will hear cases related to three seats of Islamabad including NA-46, NA-47 and NA-48.

It is pertinent to note that the case of three constituencies of Islamabad are pending as independent candidates have claimed election rigging. Anjum Aqeel Khan from NA-46 Islamabad was declared successful by getting 81,958 votes while his rival independent candidate Aamir Masood Mughal got 44,317 votes.

From NA-47, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Tariq Fazal Chaudhry defeated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed independent candidates Shoaib Shaheen and Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar and was declared the winner by securing 120,000 votes.

Raja Khurram Shehzad Nawaz, an independent candidate from NA-48, defeated PTI's independent candidates Syed Muhammad Ali Bukhari and Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar and was declared the winner with 69,699 votes.