ECP reserves verdict on plea of recounting in NA-70  

Islamabad: Election commission of Pakistan (ECP) has reserved verdict on plea of recounting in NA-70 the constituency of national assembly.

According to the details, a three-member commission headed by chief election commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja heard the case.

Member election commission Ikram Ullah Khan inquired that if Hamid Raza was arrested then how he submitted the plea to returning officer (RO) in person at 2am.

Hamid Raza’s lawyer stated that in accordance with the form-45, Hamid Raza got victory in NA-70 and police apprehended him from RO’s office while he was going to polling station. During that moment, form-40 was issued.

He said that Hamid Raza’s 13,000 lead has been changed into defeat.

On this chief election commissioner remarked that you have wrote in the plea that Hamid Raza was standing outside the RO’s office whole night on February 8 and now you are saying that Hamid Raza was apprehended by the police.

However, the ECP reserved the verdict on plea of recounting in NA-70.